I don't mean by just republicans, it was an open secret that he was a long winded wind bag, who liked his voice, and wanted his pork and would do whatever as long as he got it.
I remember one story during the presidential campaign that came out about Kerry and Byrd. It seems a few years ago, the dems were trying to put together some kind of lefty enviornmental bill, and Senator Byrd kept trying to get coal (both soft and hard) listed as "clean fuels" and "alternative sources of energy" with the same rules and support given to solar and wind power.
Supposedly Kerry wanted to strangle him, and would become enranged. The only reason I remember reading about it and hearing about it, is that the GOP was noting how Kerry often went further to the left then most of his collegues, and some dems did talk about how Kerry flipped with Byrd over that particular incident that republicans were noting.
I posted the other day that I have this fantasy of approaching him, as he stands at the Senate podium and pontificates his nonsense, of throwing a pie in his face.