Nothing gets CNN’s Jack Cafferty madder than those crooked politicians on Capitol Hill, so he couldn’t resist making the first story in today’s Cafferty File — a feature where he delivers his version of the news and then reads viewer’s e-mailed responses — all about the Washington Post’s “Boehner’s Basement” story. The article reports that new House Majority Leader John Boehner rents a basement apartment in DC at fair market value from a lobbyist. Which would be okay with Cafferty, except that lobbyists are vampires who feed upon the lifeblood of patriots. John Boehner might as well be shacking up with the mafia, as far as Cafferty’s concerned.

But a funny thing happened on the way to Cafferty’s daily fit of righteous indignation. Cafferty read off six e-mails criticizing Boehner, including one from a viewer who wrote “There will never be any reform unless… lobbyists are gone forever,” which Cafferty — apparently unaware that the Constitution includes a right to petition the government — called “exactly right.” But he only read one brief e-mail from a viewer who found nothing wrong with Boehner’s living arrangement. After the segment, Wolf Blitzer asked:

BLITZER: Was that basically the gist — very, very anti-Boehner — of the e-mail that you got?
CAFFERTY: Of course!
BLITZER: Is there anybody saying, you know, he’s paying market value, it’s a basement apartment, not very luxurious — among the hundreds of e-mails you got, were there any that said he’s doing a good thing?
CAFFERTY: Wolf, you gotta pay closer attention to the Cafferty File. I read from Richard in Panama City who said, and I quote, “There’s nothing wrong with that as long as he’s paying the fair market price.”
BLITZER: So there was at least one letter out there.
CAFFERTY: There might have been half a dozen. I probably got 700 e-mails.
BLITZER: Alright.
CAFFERTY: Okay?

The camera lingered on Cafferty, and he looked steamed. Thanks for calling Cafferty on that one, Wolf.

Oh, and Wolf, if you’re reading: From now on, when you introduce the Cafferty File segment, could you say something else besides, “Jack Cafferty’s been going through your e-mail”? It really creeps me out. How about, “Jack Cafferty’s been going through his e-mail”? Because he’s been going through his inbox, not mine. (I hope.)

Video here.