'Ma'am' remark is campaign fodder in Calif.



During a hearing last June, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., interrupted Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers to request that he call her 'senator' rather than 'ma'am.' The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her “ma’am” is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year.

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