Editorial in Tuesday’s Boston Herald:

Tolman’s two hats

During his 17 years on Beacon Hill Sen. Warren Tolman (D-Brighton) has been a loyal footsoldier in the cause of organized labor. Last week the Massachusetts chapter of the AFL-CIO made an honest man of him — or tried to — by electing him president of the 400,000-member chapter.

And frankly he really is a good choice — a smart, civilized and articulate combatant for the cause to replace the thuggish Robert Haynes, whose act had truly grown tired.

Tolman’s election came on the first day of a three-day convention. But soon after he told the State House News Service that he had no intention of actually resigning his Senate seat until passage of the supplementary budget (see above), which was voted on last Thursday and the passage of a casino gambling bill.

“Those are two pieces I’ve been working on,” he told the News Service.

Isn’t that special!

Now the Senate has scheduled two sessions this week — today and Thursday — for further debate on the casino bill and presumably Tolman will still be hanging in there, wearing two hats and waiting to vote.

That is without question a disgrace — and one which the State Ethics Commission should take a careful look at before he disgraces himself and his Senate colleagues.

Except it’s Steven – not Warren (former state senator, current chin-stroker) – who’s the Tolman in question.

The Herald web edition made – but failed to note – the correction.

Maybe the headline should’ve been:

Tolmans’ two names

Just sayin’.