Finally! CNN Does Solid Two-Minute Segment On "Small Price" Boehner
September 14, 2007 -- 6:25 PM EST // //

Okay, this counts as real movement.

Two days ago CNN aired the now-infamous "small price" comment from John Boehner. The network didn't really understand what it had, and so, even though the Dems raised holy heck yesterday and attacked Boehner's remark, CNN didn't air any follow-up on it at all -- in stark contrast to the tons of attention it gave John Kerry's botched troop joke last October.

Now the yelling about this has grown too loud for CNN to ignore. And to the network's credit it has done a solid two-minute segment hitting Boehner for the comment. It's really worth a watch:

The report did a very good job of making it ultra clear that Boehner was responding to a question about troop deaths, and not just money, as the Boehner camp is spinning it. And the network gave credit to bloggers for highlighting the importance of the story that CNN broke without initially appreciating its import. Most fun of all, the report kept the words "small price" on the screen for the entire segment.

I'm still sticking to my prediction that this will end up getting nowhere near the attention that John Kerry's botched troop joke got. But this is good.

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