WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney declared Friday that he "probably" used the F-word on the Senate floor shortly after a greeting from a Democratic senator descended into a big-time verbal brawl.

But Cheney's concession, given late Friday exclusively to Fox News, came only after an explanation of sorts of Tuesday's confrontation during the taking of the normally festive annual Senate photograph.

"That's not the kind of language I usually use ... That's not the kind of language I ordinarily use," said Cheney, who also serves as Senate president, when asked about the scrap with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

"I expressed my dissatisfaction with Sen. Leahy ... he is the kind of individual who would make those kinds of charges and then come act as though he's your best friend and I expressed my views of his conduct and walked away."

Tuesday, Cheney had rebuffed a greeting from Leahy and the senator jokingly asked the vice president whether he was refusing to even talk to Democrats. After some back and forth, Cheney turned on his heels, leaving " -- yourself" or "go -- yourself" in his wake.

Asked if he used the obscenity, Cheney told Fox's Neil Cavuto "probably."

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Commentary:
Yet another example of the Bush Administration being "deeply religious."

The irony is Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives have attacked VP Gore for being unstable when he shows his anger in public. Other journalists (in the real world they're lap dogs for the republican party) pick up on what these moron's say and then repeat it ad nauseum. But when Cheney loses it, it's a one day story--tops. Is Fox Opinion asking viewers to wonder if Cheney is unstable? Not a chance.