Bits And Pieces And Whatnot...

--Tom Menino had surgery to repair a torn quadriceps tendon on his left knee, an injury he sustained when KICKING MICHAEL FLAHERTY'S ASS LAST TUESDAY. (Although that's not the official reason released by the mayor's office.)

--If you're, say, the SEIU or IBEW locals, and you kicked Steve Lynch to the curb for Martha Coakley b/c Lynchie wasn't strong enough on health care reform, how do you feel now that Lynch voted yes and Coakley says she'd vote no? Has Coakley effectively announced that for her, women's issues trump labor issues? And since the unions don't particularly care about abortion access, are they pining at all for Capuano right now?

--Pagliuca hits with a very low blow: "casting a no vote would be to side with Joe Lieberman."