While picking through wire copy last week, I was puzzled when the Associated Press pulled the trigger on a story highlighting Sen. Tom Coburn’s ‘racist’ remarks during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor.

During the hearing, Sen. Coburn said,  “You’ll have lots of ‘splainin’ to do,” alluding to a popular line from Ricky Ricardo in ‘I Love Lucy.’