Dean on Matthews and, er, salami

My pal Vann Hall alerts us to a strange choice in phrasing from Howard Dean while talking about Bush supreme court nominee Harriet Miers. From an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC-TV's Hardball:

Well, certainly the president can claim executive privilege. But in the this case, I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called.

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