Rudy Honey? Are You Busy?

I heard this report on NPR this afternoon about Rudy Giuliani taking a phone call from his wife while delivering a speech to the NRA.

One odd moment during Giuliani's presentation came when he took a cell-phone call from his wife, Judith, drawing laughter, applause and some confusion from those watching.

Yeah, it sounds strange to me too. Turns out the staff at TPM's Election Central have more on this--it's not the first time Rudy's taken to the stage with his cell phone in his pocket.

. . . it turns out that this isn't the first time this has happened to Rudy, whose past failed marriages could turn out to be a liability among conservative voters. A rival campaign has sent us some video of Rudy receiving a very similar "surprise" call from Judy at the podium during an event last June. And he did the "I love you" thing then, too.

It's all a little hokey if you ask me. Is it possible that aides to the Republican frontrunner let the candidate go on stage without somebody handling his phone? On the other hand, if you've read Judy Bachrach's unflattering article on Judith Giuliani in the September Vanity Fair, then you might choose to see Rudy as a hen-pecked husband catering to his (sort of) trophy wife.