Suddenly Johnson got personal, telling co-hosts Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter:

"Let me say this. No one has a monopoly on morality in this country. If you want to talk about morality, I mean, look at George Bush's daughters. If he was such a heck of a father, why couldn't he keep those girls straight? They were out there ..."

At that point Malzberg interrupted to tell Johnson his attack was out of line. But rather than withdraw the comments, the DNC honcho insisted, "It's a fact, it's a fact."

Before joining the DNC, Johnson served for eight years as director of President Clinton's Initiative for One America program.

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