More on "Talmudic Discussion"

The Jewish Week provides the context for McCain's remark about "Talmudic Discussion":

Jewish Democrats, however, blasted McCain for his original comments on Beliefnet and for a subsequent clarification, reported by the Associated Press. In the latter statement he said "All I can say is that maybe I should have kept my comments to the fact that I'm a practicing Christian, I respect all religions and beliefs, and that I support the principles, the values of the Founding Fathers. Perhaps I should have couched my remarks to that rather than getting into, as I say, a Talmudic discussion."

I still wonder why McCain chose that particular expression - a Freudian slip, perhaps?