Boehner-Weiner Name Jokes; Boehner: Thank God Name's Not Weiner; Tuesday: Army Turns 236
BALDWIN: If you have one of those names that's hard to pronounce and you know who you are, you know the jokes that go on in the schoolyard and well into your adult years. But it turns out that some members of Congress know exactly how you feel. Let's go to Joe Johns with "Political Pop." An easy name to say, you didn't have to deal with this at the schoolyard. But you have Congressman Anthony Weiner dealt with it and also House Speaker John Boehner. Their last names --</s>JOE JOHNS, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: It's tricky.</s>BALDWIN: Little bit tricky.</s>JOHNS: You know, and if you're not familiar, good luck. This is one of the longer running jokes in Washington. It kind of got out in the open and win the biggest media banquets all year. The Congressional Correspondents dinner, it was the end of March. Congressman Anthony Weiner made some jokes about the way House Speaker John Boehner pronounces his name. Take a listen.</s>WEINER: I do the Weiner jokes around here, guys and really who is Boehner fooling? What am I like Anthony Waner? What am I? I mean, I'm serious, brother. Just embrace it.</s>JOHNS: But now, Brooke --</s>BALDWIN: Look at everyone laughing.</s>JOHNS: There's Andrew Mitchell, you know, a bunch of people. You were there, I was there.</s>BALDWIN: No, I was at the White House.</s>JOHNS: You were at the White House, OK. So over the weekend -- and now, the shoe goes on the other foot. Commencement speech in Ohio, Speaker Boehner, sort of gets the last laugh. Listen to this.</s>REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: You know, my name looks like Beaner, Bonner, Boner. Thank God it's not Weiner.</s>BALDWIN: Kind of funny.</s>JOHNS: Right. That is the horse shoe there. The Ohio State University and so it looks like the end of that joke goes to John Boehner, pronounced properly.</s>BALDWIN: Yes, Boehner 1, Weiner 0. OK, story number two, we're talking about this, this morning, this Massachusetts lawmaker found in a bit of a compromising position at the state legislature's chamber. Do describe.</s>JOHNS: Well, it is just a little bit embarrassing if you think about it.</s>BALDWIN: Just a little bit.</s>JOHNS: This happened back in April. It was the House chamber in Massachusetts. And the original report was that there was somebody who was caught around 4:00 in the morning engaging in some type of inappropriate behavior. This was a lawmaker, we were told, engaging in inappropriate behavior with a female staffer and then all we knew was apparently they had some of their clothes on, or they had clothes we were told. And the House speaker launched an investigation and so the big question was all right, who is it? And this is information that came out later. It was a guy named Mark Cusack under investigation now, who is a one-term legislature.</s>BALDWIN: He looks so young. How old is he?</s>JOHNS: Yes, he's 26 years old from Braintree, Mass. No more known about that. I've called him, I have e-mailed him and so on, but it's certainly clear that it started pretty early, 4:00 in the morning, 26 years old. He's been in the House of Representatives up there a little less than six months.</s>BALDWIN: At least there was no twit pics involved. And as my mother says, nothing good happens at 4:00 in the morning. Joe Johns, thank you so much for that. Fun "Political Pop" today, I appreciate it. Quickly before I hand things off to Wolf Blitzer, let me get you tomorrow's news today. I want to fast forward, looking ahead, president Obama heading to Puerto Rico. It will be the first official visit by a sitting president since President Kennedy's visit back in 1961. Also, the U.S. Army turns 236 years old, so the Pentagon is having a cake-cutting ceremony. Happy birthday to the U.S. Army and If you did not get the army a president, no worries, it's World Blood Donor Day. It will be tomorrow so do a good deed and donate. And that is it for me, let's go to Wolf Blitzer live in New Hampshire. Wolf, take it away.