it doesn t bother me. that s not the issue. have you ever called anyone a putz yourself? i may have, but i tell you something, i wouldn t lie about it. that was 1998. he lied about it. he did lie about it. that was the issue. 1998, the incumbent senator from new york was a republican, he d already been elected three times, he was running for a fourth term and along came this feisty democrat challenging him for his seat and that democrat was so aggressive, he raised so much money, he went after senator al d amato so relentlessly that it drove the senator to distraction. he s a three-term senator that everyone thought was so tough but he lost it. he calmed his opponent a putz-head at a public meeting and he did lie and his democratic challenger got it on the record, nailed him with it to the point where he was answering for in the the debates. that incumbent senator didn t know what hit him. incumbents, especially rich, high-profile incumbents, they should be basically unbeatab