I know, I know, this really isn't diary worthy - so take it for what it's worth.
Anyway, at TPM, one of Josh's readers was out for a birthday dinner in Washington, and spots Ryan schmoozing with two possible lobbyists while negotiations were going on to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Wonder who bought the wine?
Susan Feinberg, an associate business professor at Rutgers, was at Bistro Bis celebrating her birthday with her husband that night. When she saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan's table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag.
Good for her - she went up and confronted Ryan and his two associates - who got very testy.
The one major aspect of the story in dispute was the topic of conversation at Ryan's dinner table.
Feinberg said all three men were "droning on loudly during the evening that liberals think that if you're a millionaire, you have done something wrong."
I'm speechless. It's inexcusable.