A crack up

A crack up


AP – Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, questions Supreme …
Thu Jul 16, 4:16 pm ET

It's pretty certain that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., would have loved a do-over on one remark he made while talking to Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, about scheduling a Senate Judiciary hearing on the crack cocaine problem.

Sessions said he and Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., had been in discussions, saying: "Senator Leahy and I were talking during these hearings -- we're going to do that crack cocaine thing you and I have talked about before."

The hearing room cracked up.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., looked over at Sessions. "Please rephrase it, Senator. please rephrase," he said. Sessions laughed along with the crowd, but also clarified: "I misspoke."