I can get off my hobbyhorse, now that Susan Rice has made my point:

So neither one of them, and nor John McCain for that matter, have had that 3 o’clock phone call that others have had. And I think we have to be honest about that.

This is, apparently, a talking point and not a slip-up:The next day…

Senator Clinton, Senator Obama and Senator McCain have never had to answer the proverbial 3 a.m. phone call. Only a commander in chief has shouldered that unique burden…

Update:Sage Stossel nails it: