Conrad Burns Dodges Media

Senator Burns wraps up a conference call with Montana press about his recent remarks to firefighters in the Billings airport.

From Roll Call:

"During the call, a Department of Agriculture official based in Montana rushed to Burns' rescue and took over answering questions about firefighting efforts in Montana. When the official, Undersecretary Mark Rey, stopped speaking, Burns thanked the reporters for joining the call, and everyone hung up.

Except the video camera was still rolling.

'That's the way to shut that down,' Burns is seen saying on the tape, a video file of which was e-mailed to HOH. 'Huh? That works!' Then came a 'you bet!' as he put on his white cowboy hat and prepared to get up from his desk."

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