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March 26, 2012 | | ‘Mad Men’ Returns What was Don Draper’s wife crooning on the Mad Men premiere last night? Before it was a seductive birthday song, “Zou Bisou Bisou” (or Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo?) was an early hit for a young ’60s muse and a Sophia Loren movie tune. The Daily Beast’s Lauren Streib investigates the pop origins behind the undisputed best scene of the Season 5 opener. OBAMACARE The case could end before it gets very far. The Supreme Court began the constitutional review of the sweeping health-care law Monday, but the first arguments heard were about whether the court has the right to make a decision right now. An obscure 19th-century law called the Anti-Injunction Act states that the court cannot rule on a law until its key provisions go into effect, which for the health-care act won’t be until 2014. But both sides—the Obama administration and the states challenging the law—want the court to hear the case now, though the justices might not agree. HOT MIKE Oops! In a comment picked up by live microphones Monday at a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President Obama said he’d be better able to talk with the newly elected Vladimir Putin “after my election.” The remark was made in Seoul, where Obama is attending a nuclear-security summit. Obama told Medvedev that it is important that the Russians give him “space” on missile defense issues, a message Medvedev agreed to relay to Putin. “This is my last election,” Obama said. “After my election I have more flexibility.” ALLIES It was a “fight for his life,” they say. A friend and attorney came forward Monday to say George Zimmerman acted in self-defense when he killed Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner, appeared on the Today show to say that his client “is absolutely not a racist,” while friend Joe Oliver also put himself before cameras to say that “the bottom line is there was a life and death struggle … someone was going to die.” Meanwhile, a new eyewitness has said she saw Zimmerman pressing Martin down on the ground after shooting him, making no attempt to help the teen. Fired Up Following a Wisconsin speech in which Rick Santorum called his opponent Mitt Romney the “worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama,” The New York Times's Jeff Zeleny tweeted, “I ask Santorum if Romney is ‘worst Republican’ to run. He says: ‘Quit distorting my words It’s bullshit.’ He says he was talking about health care.” Santorum defended his actions on Fox & Friends Monday, insisting, “If you haven’t cursed out a New York Times reporter during the course of the campaign, you’re not really a real Republican.” | | 
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