That was a reference to the number of amendments to the education bill Lott would propose for each side, giving Democrats a head start on figuring out how to counter the offer. Czwartacki just laughed it all off. But those notes, which wound up in GOP hands and were faxed all over town, were much more embarrassing for the minority. One Lazio aide confirmed the slippage, but insisted that nobody should read any metaphorical significance into his tumble. He's played a lot of amazing roles, but actor Clint Eastwood will play a Congressional witness today for what he says is the first time.
Extortionists are in jail all across the country.
Eastwood insists that the bathrooms were just fine. If anything, he said, an employee simply gave the customer bad information. And the actor said lawyers have been hassling him ever since. They kind of followed me around. Must be some pretty tough lawyers.