"I don't need to be lectured by you. You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I." Arlen Specter shouted after Sen. Russ Feingold declared his opposition to the amendment, his affinity for the Constitution and his intention to leave the meeting.
There are only three times a United States Senator tells the unvarnished truth: in his sleep, when he's asked what time it is, or - as in this case - when he mangles his syntax and does it inadvertently.