Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan launch 'Regime Change'

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of the New York Times launched their new book, "Regime Change," at the paper’s Midtown HQ. Swan said, "I once heard one of my favorite magazine writers compare an editor to a hospital worker who trails along behind you to make sure your arse isn’t showing out the back of your hospital gown." He added, "Our editors do so much more than that.

But they also do constantly conceal our arses. You cannot possibly imagine the amount of bare arse that would be on display in the pages of 'Regime Change' if Maggie and I couldn’t rely on a monumental amount of help from our editors." Meanwhile, paying tribute to Swan, Haberman offered her own anorectal allusion, saying that he, in just a few years, worked his way up to being one of the top DC reporters.

"And he did it the old fashioned way: through hard work, and not being an a - - hole." Among those celebrating at the New York Times HQ were A.G.

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