No, it was remarks he made and then apologized for. Obama doesn't live in a vacuum, his past remarks, especially in context of this campaign, do put into context other remarks.
I will bet that Obama will not wade into that again in the future. I think he is smarter than this.
Oh, I thought we were talking about what Howard and Obama said to each other
It didn't occur to me, to research stupid things Howard has said that didn't involve obama, and weren't even said directly to obama.
If were going to stick to the topic of this thread though - the actual exchange of "insults" between Howard and Obama - then you must concede, that the Obama response was policy-based, whereas the Howard response include personal slander on Obama and the Democratic party.