In this case the only pertinent question is, 'was he respectful?'.  Whether he came up with his own question, was coached by his parents, or his question had a certain political leaning are all immaterial.  If he was respectful then the den leader is 100% in the wrong.
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Now Sen. Marble on the other hand, all I needed was her quoted statement of deflection and denial to make a judgement on her.  Imagine instead of blaming the media and denying what she said 4 times in 3 sentences, if she would have said: "Good job on doing research on me.  When I made those statements I was trying to make the point that we need to consider our genetics when making food choices.  But your question also brings up a good discussion point about context and how the media uses quotes in reports..."
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I guess having elected officials that can speak intelligently, support their past statements with a rational argument, not deny and deflect (especially when it is in the public record), is just too much to ask.