Late For a Meeting

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt's staff might want to do a little bit better job of keeping up with the news. The Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers reported last week that Leavitt's staff called the office of Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., on Thursday to request a meeting with the senator. The HHS folks were informed that wouldn't be possible, given that Thomas died earlier in the week after a battle with leukemia.