What Did Rove Say?

Ben Smith at Politico flags this exchange between Karl Rove and GQ:

GQ: I get the sense you respect Hillary more than you respect Obama. Rove: Off the record? GQ: Please don't go off the record. Rove: Off the record... [Yeah, it's good. Sorry.] GQ: Damn! Now say that on the record. Rove: No. Nope. Nope. Nope. GQ: Let's try again, then: on the record. I get the sense you respect her more than him. Rove: Uh, I know her better than I know him. And I just, uh -- she has been around public life a lot longer and has demonstrated, you know, more involvement than he has.

If only this was an interview with one of those intrepid reporters from the Scotsman.