Richard Rubin at Bloomberg poses the following head scratcher:

In a couple minutes, the top Republican in the Senate will say that "we’ve only started to scratch the surface of this scandal." Mitch McConnell will say those words in reference to the IRS-targeting-conservatives scandal, and will make those remarks on the Senate floor.

In a letter to a seven-year-old Wisconsin boy, Vice President Joe Biden considers the possibility of guns with chocolate bullets. Biden's letter reads:

Dear Myles,

Ahead of his official nomination this week as the GOP's candidate for governor of Virginia, state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli has a new ad outlining part of the Republican's economic plan.

"I have a plan to make Virginia an engine for job growth," Cuccinelli says in the 30-second spot. "It starts with ending tax loopholes and putting an end to special interest giveaways." He touts his proposal to lower tax rates for small business owners and middle-class families.

Today's Boston Herald wood::

Iran will chair the U.N.'s disarmament conference.

Mark Steyn: "The Benghazi Lie: A failure of character of this magnitude corrodes the integrity of the state."

Jay Carney responds to the AP's story on phone records:

White House spokesman Jay Carney refused to answer questions about the federal government monitoring the Associated Press's telephone records. Instead, Carney "referred questions" to officials in the Justice Department. 

Here's the report of the pool reporter asking Carney, while covering President Obama's New York fundraisers:

Via the pool report:

Pool was ushered into Harvey Weinstein's 5 story West Village town home for POTUS's remarks to the assembled donors. The ground floor room contained 8 tables of 8, covered in white linen with roses as a centerpiece.

Several White House staffers were seated at the tables including Dan Pfeiffer and Jay Carney. Patrick Gaspard was standing in the right side of the room (POTUS's) right.

The Associated Press reports:

The White House counsel apparently heard about the IRS scandal in April, according to Jay Carney:

Carney: “The WH counsel’s office was alerted the week of April 22 of this year” re IRS IG report

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 13, 2013

Carney on why counsel didn’t notify Obama re IRS: “This is a normal kind of notification”