In an interview with CNN’s Larry King yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Pres. George Bush had asked her to call him when Vice Pres. Dick Cheney makes outrageous claims about Democrats:

Pelosi … blasted a comment made last week by Vice President Dick Cheney that legislative moves by Pelosi and other House Democrats to oppose Bush’s war policy would “validate” al Qaeda’s strategy.

“What the vice president said is beneath the dignity of his office and beneath the dignity of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform,” Pelosi said…

The speaker confirmed she called Bush to complain about Cheney’s comments.

“The president had said to me … that he would not tolerate any undermining of anybody’s patriotism or our intention to protect the national security,” she said.

“He said, ‘Could you let me know if this happens?’ So I wanted to let him know that it happened.”

I’m so sure George took Dick to the woodshed over his mean remarks.