Dropping Bombs, Caught on Tape

By Emily Heil and Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff

September 11, 2007

In a move reminiscent of the caught-on-the-microphone exchange between President Bush and Vice President Cheney that launched the phrase “major league a--hole” into the Washington, D.C., lexicon,an agitated Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) engaged in a bit of bleep-able banter during Monday’s televised hearing on the Iraq progress report.

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