And WHAT was your point?

Mickey Kaus is hyperventilating, having discovered that Ken Starr appeared on Nightline back in April and, with respect to use of the filibuster, said

Well, the Senate has the raw power and has, in fact, used it once famously, in the process of considering the proposed elevation of Abe Fortas to the Chief Justice-ship. But I think it's imprudent and unwise for senators to invoke this important device.

He also said, about the wisdom of doing away with the filibuster altogether,

I'd be very cautious about getting rid of it. I think that the filibuster rule's a part of our traditions. But I think it needs to be, like a lot of tools in the tool chest, very cautiously used.

So: Judge Starr appears to think the filibuster ought not to be abolished, but it ought to be used "very cautiously."

While I'm always pleased to know what Ken Starr thinks about most anything, what does this have to do with whether Gloria Borger and CBS performed stupid editor tricks with their tape of an interview with Starr?

The answer, of course, [drum roll, please] is NOTHING AT ALL!

Actually, what Kaus really seems to be excited about is having documented an instance in which Rush Limbaugh has not only exaggerated, but done so at some length, and with considerable pomposity. This angle might be turned into a continuing series of articles: Paris Hilton's sex life; John Kerry's wit; the President's oratorical skill.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.