White House fighting back in "the Chicago way"

This is amazing, disgusting, and probably not surprising given Obama's history. White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina apparently has said (according to this Politico story):

" “If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard,” Messina said, according to an official who attended the meeting."

So that's the Chicago way, right? What was it that Sean Connery's character said in "The Untouchables"... "If they pull a knife, you pull a gun. If they send one of our boys to the hospital, we send one of their's to the morgue... that's the Chicago way." Not sure if that's the exact quote but its close. OK, Barack... if that's the way you want it...