OK his exact words: "Comey said. "Maybe if I were stronger, I would have. I was so stunned by the conversation that I just took in. The only thing I could think to say, because I was playing in my mind — because I could remember every word he said — I was playing in my mind, what should my response be? … Again, maybe other people would be stronger in that circumstance."

Wondering what one's response should be in such a situation indicates his moral compass is gyrating wildly between what he thinks he should do and saving his job.  He was obviously weighing his choices .   Obviously not Captain Courageous.  Not someone I would want to be in a foxhole with .