Gov. Butch Otter didn't have many nice words Wednesday for Republican legislators who wasted no time rejecting his vehicle registration bill.

But during a luncheon meeting with reporters, sponsored by the Idaho Press Club, Otter did have a few one-liners, some at his own expense.

• After Otter announced he was pulling his idea for a $150 vehicle registration fee, and saying lawmakers used his idea for "political cover," KBCI TV reporter Scott Logan began loading up his microphone and camera equipment. Said Otter: "I may say something more important here in a minute."

• Otter said his first name, Clement, was the consequence of being the sixth child in his family. "All the good names were gone."

• Otter gave a self-deprecating assessment of his 14-year run as lieutenant governor. "They don't trust you with anything sharp, or with any money."

• And in a room full of reporters who tend to take open government seriously, Otter gingerly joked about his State Board of Education — and an investigation into one of the board's closed "executive sessions." Otter said he has been meeting individually with members of the embattled board, but not to the extent "that I have violated any Open Meeting Law."