Senator To Settle BCS Bet By Singing ‘Rocket Man’

By The Associated Press
Published: Wed, January 14, 2009 - 1:21 pm
Short URL: http://wkrg.com/a/22646/
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most
pressing musical issue in the nation's capital is whether a
stone-face senator from Oklahoma will hit the high notes in
"Rocket Man" to pay off a college football bet.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is slated to serenade Democratic Sen.
Bill Nelson of Florida with his very own rendition of Elton John's
1970s classic Wednesday afternoon.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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