John Boehner's "commuting" shouldn't involve private government jets

Dear Speaker-Elect Boehner,

Once you're elected Speaker of the House... discontinue the practice of using military transport back and forth between Washington D.C. and (your home state of) Ohio.

Remember how Sarah Palin got rid of "the Governor's jet" upon winning the governorship of Alaska...???

Anyway, John...

(May I call you John?)

...not only would such a move save taxpayers buko bucks, but such an unexpected action would no doubt be a public relations coup.

Yes, yes... I know that it was President Bush who ordered that the Speaker (Dennis Hastart at the time) of the House to start using military jets for all official air transportation after 9/11 as a "security measure" (since the Speaker is third in line to the presidency).

Frankly... Bush made a wrong call there.

In any case, "Air Hastart" was long ago grounded; "Air Pelosi" will soon be no more; let's set the proper tone for "Washington 2011" by returning to the pre-9/11 norm of the Speaker of the House commuting between his district and the Capital just like any other Member of Congress.

The President has Air Force One. He's Head of State as well as Head of Government. Same logic applies with the V.P. getting Air Force Two.

Let's send a message, here, Mr. Boehner!