Who shouted "baby killer"?

The big gossipy question of the day today is going to be: who shouted "baby killer"?

This was while Bart Stupak was speaking last night against the Republican motion to recommit the bill to committee. Stupak was explaining his support for the executive order, and someone shouted "baby killer!" at him.

Calling Stupak, one of the most anti-abortion Democrats in national politics, a baby killer is something like calling Tiger Woods a monk. That the shout came from a colleague of Stupak's, a sitting member of Congress, and not some yahoo in the gallery, was pretty shocking, the kind of thing we don't see over here much. It's exactly this kind of thing that David Frum was talking about.

Christina Bellantoni of TPM got close to an answer last night:

11:59 PM: A few moments ago Christina Bellantoni interviewed Rep. Obey (D-WI) who was presiding in the House during the incident. That means he was looking out over the floor when it happened. He told Christina he knows who said it but "doesn't see any point" in identifying who it is.

Asked if the member should be admonished, Obey said "I think people have a right to make a fool out of themselves every once in awhile without causing armageddon."

12:00 AM: Bellantoni talks to Rep. Joe Wilson of "You Lie!" fame. Presumably he's an expert on outbursts. Wilson told Christina he didn't know who said it. Should the person be admonished, given the pressure Wilson came under after his outburst: "There was yelling on all sides tonight and then. It really is amazing I got singled out. Could be a double standard."

I guess I admire Obey's restraint. It'd be my guess that the shouter himself will see to it that it's leaked out. After all, he'll become a tea party hero and instantly raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's what it's come to.

And how about that quote from Joe Wilson? Yes, of course. It was a nationally televised address, the night he yelled at Obama. Of all this alleged yelling on both sides, only his shout was heard clearly by anyone and everyone watching the address. It was the talk of the night on both left and right.

And yet somehow, it's "amazing" that he got singled out and, naturellement, it's the fault of the liberal media. These people really are on a completely different planet, the same one occupied by Newt Gingrich, who believes this bill will destroy the Democratic Party just as the civil rights bill did.

Sure, who needed civil rights anyway.