McCaskill: ‘Can you 
say Tricky Dick?’

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) was eyed playing history teacher in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the Capitol on Thursday. 

Chatting with a young boy in front of a statue of former President Nixon, McCaskill said to the child, “That’s Tricky Dick. Can you say Tricky Dick?” 

After the boy (who was apparently a quick study) recited the line, McCaskill proudly exclaimed, “That’s very good!”

Next up on McCaskill’s non-PC presidential-nicknames lesson plan: the Gipper, Slick Willie, Dubya …

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