"For the vice president to use his position, as president of the Senate, to insult a senator and then be unapologetic about it introduces a level of discord into Senate procedure that is unfortunate," Clinton continued.

According to Post-Intelligencer columnist Joe Connelly, who interviewed Clinton, "the 'gentlewoman from New York' suggested that Cheney enroll in an anger management course."

Mrs. Clinton has never apologized for her alleged use of profanity.

"She might have called him a bastard," he told the New York Daily News. "I wouldn't rule that out. She's never claimed that she was pure on profanity."

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