now that's a silver fox

Gee, “senior NDP official”, you think?

Leaving aside the monumental OMGness of behind-the-scenes opposition party negotiations involving Jean Chretien and Ed Broadbent, as Colleague Wherry pointed out via email, the very best bit is the following:

Chretien was seen on his way to his downtown Ottawa office, but when asked about the coalition talks he feigned an inability to understand English.