Goodby Scotty. Don't Let The Door Hit You In The Ass

Scotty McCellan gave his last on-camera press briefing on Friday. You just know he had to be in a great mood.

A large bank of photographers fixed their lenses on the White House podium from the back of the briefing room. Other photographers stood in the aisles to get side shots. Reporters filled nearly every seat.

This level of media attention is common for President Bush's events. But it wasn't Bush who was to speak; it was press secretary Scott McClellan, about to begin his final on-camera briefing before leaving his post at the White House.

``Big turnout today,'' McClellan said Friday with a wide smile as he walked to the lectern for the last of nearly 300 such briefings in two years and 10 months in the job. ``Something going on?''