But Fletcher didn't call Lt. Gov. Steve Pence. He called his chief of staff, Stan Cave instead. When I contacted Pence's spokesperson, Jeanne Lausche, she said the Lt. Gov. was never called, never briefed, never told anything about the crash or the state response by the Fletcher folks. Jeanne Lausche says a courtesy call would have been nice. But Fletcher spokesperson Jodi Whitaker says the proper chain of command was followed and Cave was the right person to be dealing with all of the federal, state and local agencies responding to the crash site. She says any attempt to make political hay out of the situation is disrespectful. It doesn't look like Pence was trying to make any political hay or he would have said something publicly. It does seem the Governor should at least call his No. 2, even if he doesn't like them. But I'm having a hard time imagining a Patton-to-Henry or Jones-to-Patton call in a similar situation.