Nay, he made an astute observation, but a politically incorrect one. You can only withstand a certain amount of BS, and to say so doesn't infer anything neurological. In saying it, he likely knew the outcome.
The highest Court in the land examined his reasons for making precisely that "Orchestrated Litany of Lies" comment, and completely and unreservedly discredited them. How can you possibly use the word "astute" in relation to that observation??