Washington Examiner
A Democratic Hill staffer emailed Politico's Mike Allen to report a scene that took place at the Chicago airport Sunday:
On a plane from O'Hare to DCA that was already delayed 1 hour...rolled out of the gate and then stopped while trying to get on the runway. The pilot came on and said there were 30 planes ahead of us and we were going to power down for 30 min and wait in line. The seatbelt sign was turned off and passengers walked about. One of the passengers, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, walked to the back of the plane. 5 minutes later the pilot came on the loud speaker and said, "folks we've been given the go ahead to take off." As Leahy walked backed to his seat someone said "thanks Senator!" to which he replied "the pilot said he'd do his best." Chairman Leahy rules!
Of course, if you were one of those peasants whose plane had priority over the Senator's, you got to wait even longer than you should have because a powerful politician pulled rank on you. "Chairman Leahy rules" is right--he's one of your rulers, and don't you forget it. |