Don’t fail to notice the question asked right before the phone ringing was about Iraq. A very sticky subject for Americas best presumed hero.
Having the phone there, ready to ring with important calls was most likely planned, in case of an unplanned for question without a planned, calculated answer.
As a kid, when the phone rang and it was someone you didn’t want to hear from, you would go Hello? Hello?...uh, Hello?...and then hang up.
This stuff just makes me laugh!
I guess Rudy also figured he doesn’t need the energy guys’ votes or campaign contributions. /s