This was a pretty rare, unguarded moment for Josh Earnest. All Democrats understand the absolute importance of message discipline, which always starts with the consistent use of words designed to support their narrative, no matter how absurd that narrative might be. That's why abortion is "choice" and tax hikes are "fairness" and being a Republican is "racism." You use the correct words, always, everywhere, and you don't waver.
Nowhere is this more true than with the Hillary e-mail investigation, which Hillary keeps trying to label a "security inquiry" - a thing that doesn't even exist according to the FBI, but which nevertheless sounds a lot less nefarious than "criminal investigation," which is what's actually going on. Maybe Earnest didn't get his coffee this morning. I don't know. But he said it: