Like we told you earlier, the paps are on the prowl for Larry Craig.

“A reporter for CNN spied Craig using a door reserved for staff and Senators and then slipping into a private Senator’s dining room,” reports ABC. “Word spread through the Capitol Hill press corps like wildfire.

“Craig was seen next voting on the Senate floor at 12:15 and moments later he was pursued by still photographers just off the Senate floor.

“Reporters who attended a photo op meeting between Sen. Arlen Specter and Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey saw Craig pop out of an unmarked door in the hallway and disappear just as quickly.

“Games of cat and mouse could not happen anywhere else in town. Reporters covering the White House have a cramped set of rooms and offices built over a swimming pool. It is a renovated spot and the pool has been ripped out. But renovated or not, it’s the only place reporters can go at the White House. And it is cramped.”

“The only places Craig is truly in private on Capitol Hill are in his office and on the actual Senate floor. Pretty much everywhere else is fair game. If you want to ask Hillary Clinton a question, figure out where she is and walk up and ask. Did Minority Leader Mitch McConnell say something that needs clarifying? Wait for him off the Senate floor and ask him. Try staking out President Bush without specific approval. You won’t get far.”