The Right Wing, starring Mitch, John and Mr. President

Speaker Boehner's outer office. Sen. McConnell walks in, spies a prop-up sign on Lucretia's desk:

"No shirt, no shoes, no service."

He laughs aloud. "Ha! Where'd you get it?"

"My diner, down the street. It was in his door. I had to talk him out of it. I told him who it was for. And then he autographed it," Lucretia says, gesturing at the sign. Mitch bends to read:

"Best wishes, Mr. Speaker! Nguyen"

He chortles, scratches his head. "Naked protesters in the Speaker's office. This is one to tell your grandchildren about."

"Already did," says Lucretia. "Or, rather, they showed it to me on their iPhones, laughing their little heads off."

"It's good to have a sense of humor around here," says the Speaker, walking in from his office, carrying coffee in a take-out cup labeled, "Nguyen's Diner."

"Love Lucretia's new sign," says Mitch. "Nice middle-class touch."

"Hey!" says Lucretia, a creative person. "We could turn it into a slogan. Remember the slogan, 'What's good for General Motors is good for the country'? We could say, 'What's good for Nguyen's Diner is good for the Speaker.'"

"Or," says Mitch, "'What's good for Nguyen's Diner is good for the middle class.'"

"Well, Sen. Graham didn't get it," says Lucretia. "He came in to drop off some Susan Rice notes. He said, 'Who's Nuh-goo-y-yen?' I told him it's pronounced 'Win.' Opposite of 'lose'."

The Speaker cleared his throat. "We should probably keep this quiet, but workshops are planned for House Republicans. How to pronounce 'middle class': 'mid-dull class.' You might want to adopt it for the Senate."