File this one under, if you really don't like her you kick her out of bed and tell her not to come back. Meaning if you don't like what is being said right next to you, you call the guy on it. A clearly biased version of this one from the not always reliable American Spectator (which describes it differently) but also appearing in the usually Left but usually accurateSF Chronicle:

Leno (not Jay, CA Assemblyman) opened with the words, "Which candidate . . ." Then followed it with: "Knows what it means to have served one's country with honor and distinction? "Understands the distinction between church and state? "Can pronounce Abu Ghraib?

And then, at question No. 9, this: "Will not only summarily fire but will bring criminal charges against Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft?''

There were a few gasps from the crowd, then most answered, "John Kerry'' and burst into applause.

Though not everyone was happy. "It was inappropriate,'' said San Francisco attorney and Democratic fund- raiser Jeremiah Hallisey. "And you can quote me on that. "And I don't think Kerry was too happy either,'' Hallisey added. "You could tell by his reaction from the stage.''

"If I offended anyone, I do apologize,'' Leno said later. "It was clearly a personal position, and the whole thing was a bit in jest anyway.'' And if Kerry was offended, Leno says, he didn't say anything later when the two talked.

You can't have it both ways John, you either will or you won't bring them up on charges. I'd just add that when conservative organs like the Spectator slant the stories they should be called on it, and they clearly mis-represented an already damming story about Kerry.