Stop with the grade-grubbing.

The Washington Post has this funny anecdote about Chuck Schumer. Earlier this week they reminded us that Schumer was captain of his high school's It's Academic team. Today they expand on that anecdote to tell us how Schumer just hasn't gotten over one lower-than-expected grade that he got on a college paper.

The Education of a Senator, Day Two: Yesterday we told you about Chuck Schumer's early years on the "It's Academic" team in high school. Now we've learned that the brainy New Yorker (high school valedictorian, 1600 SAT score) is still steamed about the grade he got on his college thesis.

Schumer was a senior at Harvard in 1971 when he wrote the paper about building a more effective Congress -- and furious when he received a B. His instructor? Conservative commentator Bill Bennett, a Harvard law student who was teaching the undergraduate social studies course. "He went nuts," said Bennett, who was unmoved when Schumer lobbied for a higher grade.

Bennett said the senator still reminds him of the beef every time they meet. "He says, 'I don't know if you remember this . . .' and I say, 'Stop with the grade-grubbing.' "

We wanted to hear why Schumer thought he deserved an A, but he didn't get back to us yesterday. Bennett has finally relented -- a little: "At this point, I'd be happy to review the paper."

Perhaps the Senator could take Bennett up on his offer to get his grade reassessed and maybe finally achieve closure on an episode that clearly still bothers him.

And why does anyone in the public even know his SAT scores? It can only be because he has bragged about them enough until it becomes part of his official biography. There is something rather distasteful about people who go around bragging about their SAT scores, particularly after they've already been accepted into college. After 12th grade, no classy person should be bragging about his or her SAT scores ever again.