Those crazy senators from Missouri and Nebraska

By David Goldstein | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Puck wears a power suit.

An unrepentant prankster, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., once convinced some of Nebraska’s good citizens that he wanted to change the name of the state.

That was when he was governor. Now in Washington, he has a whole new crowd on which to pull his "gotchas."

Which brings us to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who has been "punk’d" and has "punk’d" back.