The hissy slapdown earlier this week between Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., got a fresh airing Saturday, courtesy of New York Times columnist Gail Collins.

Writing that Specter "completely lost it" when he told the "irrepressible" Bachmann to "act like a lady," Collins noted that Bachmann has "a terrific talent for driving people nuts."

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