SPEAKER-TO-BE JOHN BOEHNER – NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! – AT 7:27 P.M. ET:  Well, the truth comes out, doesn't it?  And if it comes from Nancy Pelosi, so what?  I've always wanted to know the real truth about our incoming speaker of the house.  Now we have it:

Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be giving up the gavel to Rep. John Boehner in the next Congress but she hinted this week that she still wears the pants in the House.

In an interview with The New York Times on Thursday, Pelosi highlighted her successor's softer side when asked if she saw him tear up on election night as he addressed his supporters after Republicans captured the House.

"You know what? He is known to cry. He cries sometimes when we're having a debate on bills," she told the newspaper. "If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics – no I don't cry. I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that’s always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally."

Boehner's office declined to respond to Pelosi's remarks.

COMMENT:  So, Boehner is a softie.  And Pelosi is a...well, you fill in the blank.  But anyone who tells you she's never cried over a political loss isn't someone I'd depend upon for the straight story on anything.

November 20, 2010