Seconds after the story "Rep. Gary Palmer votes for Sen. Sessions to be House speaker, Boehner wins post" hit AL.com, the emails started coming in.

Misprint. Correction. You're wrong.

There's just one problem. It wasn't a misprint.

Rep. Palmer stuck to his guns today and didn't vote for Speaker of the House John Boehner. But instead of voting for one of the alternatives, he opted to cast his voice vote for Alabama's Sen. Jeff Sessions. That caused confusion among some, who thought maybe he meant Texas Rep. Pete Sessions.

After all, Jeff Sessions has a Sen. in front of his name, not a Rep.

A recap of the votes at the end of roll call confirmed, however, that Palmer was voting for Alabama's junior senator. It turns out the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be a member of the House itself, though every speaker has been.

Palmer's vote brings us to our comment of the day, which is actually two comments.

Commenter Creole Sandwich (great name by the way) wrote: "Elect a Senator to be Speaker of the House? Representative Palmer, you should have voted for Scalise or Brooks then and at least not tried to reinvent the wheel," referencing Louisiana's Rep. Steve Scalise and Huntsville Rep. Mo Brooks.

Or at least that's what we thought. Commenter TruthSayer had a different take on things: "Brooks for Speaker? I don't think Mel Brooks would be interested but, you know. At least he would be funny."

Who knows? Blazing Saddles in Congress? Might make for a good show.