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CBS Correspondent Roberts Apologizes For Crude Phrasing of QuestionBy Staff Reporter of the Sun CBS White House correspondent John Roberts apologized yesterday for describing Supreme Court justice nominee Samuel Alito as "sloppy seconds" during a White House press briefing. 
Posing a question to the White House press secretary, Scott McClellan, Mr. Roberts said, "Scott, you said that - or the president said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?" "Sloppy seconds" is a slang term that pejoratively refers to sexual activity with a person who has just been sexually active with a third party. It is often employed metaphorically as well, as in Mr. Roberts's case. In a statement to CBS Public Eye, a blog of CBS news, Mr. Roberts said, "Please be assured that there was no pejorative intent to my question. I was merely attempting to reconcile past statements about Harriet Miers with the president's new nominee for the Supreme Court." Mr. Roberts also reportedly later apologized to Mr. McClellan in person. 
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