Yawning with the President
James recounted the Late Show/CNN scandal in his blog recently, and Salon just recently had an AP headline about titled "CNN red-faced over Letterman error." Check out the dad's spin job about his son's yawning, checking of the watch, etc, behind the President:

The truth was: The White House never complained, and the footage was real.

So is the lad: 13-year-old Tyler Crotty, son of Orange County Chairman and Bush supporter Rich Crotty. As the elder Crotty explained Thursday, Tyler was so excited about the prospect of seeing the president he couldn't sleep the night before.