>>Well.. maybe - just this once, mind you- you have a point about the analogy. I was up late working on a nasty VFP bug, so I'm not at the top of my game.
>That said, Ted's personal life was a shambles for sure, but his legislative accomplishments are unequalled in recent years

Well, that's mighty big of you. (ha, sorry, couldn't resist)

I'll acknowledge that I can't point to any Republican who has a good legislative record. As critical as I am on liberals, most Rs are just as bad.

ruthfully, if I were to look at one person in Congress and say, "I think like him/her", it would be Joe Manchin. He's a Democrat but an interesting one, and I keep waiting for him to have a Jean Kirkpatrick type moment. I'd like to follow Scott Walker, but sometimes he can really put his foot in his mouth.