From the Washington Post via SFGate: Bush’s press aide takes it on chin / McClellan holds his tongue as he’s grilled about Rove

On the north lawn of the White House Monday afternoon, gardeners were taking a chain saw and wood chipper to some tree branches. Inside the briefing room, reporters were taking press secretary Scott McClellan to the woodshed.

It was journalists’ first chance to grill McClellan on camera since he told them 18 months ago that President Bush’s top political aide, Karl Rove, had nothing to do with the unmasking of a CIA operative. The recipients of McClellan’s apparent bum steer were furious — hectoring him more than questioning him.

Al Franken played several clips from this briefing on his show this morning. Find a clip if you can; it’s hilarious.