We lost the battle of spin, but we won the battle in the courtroom.

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

concerned because he is a perpetual target.

I truly believe the media thought they could spin their way to a verdict,

People didn't realize he actually entered the hospital after the verdict. He was dehydrated, he had lost a tremendous amount of weight, he was having trouble keeping food down, he was terrified about what was going happen to his children and he had a recurring back problem.