Ray LaHood has something to say about the ‘Word of the Year’

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Webster’s New World Dictionary has its ‘Word of the Year.’’

‘Distracted driving.’’

And Ray LaHood, the secretary of Transportation, couldn’t be happier. LaHood, waging his own war against driving with distractions such as cellphones and texting, says in his ‘Fast Lane’ blog that ‘we want to make 2010 the year we put distracted driving behind us.’’

Read more in The Swamp.

-- Mark Silva