[night reader]

I was in the Capitol. We'd just had a meeting - we'd just come into a leadership meeting in Tom Daschle's office

What was the ketchup boy doing in a "leadership meeting?" According to his own Senate web site, he holds no leadership positions. He's got three minor subcommittees where he is ranking minority member but not even a co-chairmanship of a subcommittee.

Boxer's pretty low on the leadership roll, too. Reid is the Dim whip(Maybe even a dimwit!). If the story's at all true, sounds more like the ketchup boy and Boxer had been called in for a "Come to Jesus" meeting

[EGPWS]

What was the ketchup boy doing in a "leadership meeting?"

Most likely discussing personal concerns in our preemptive attacks on Vietnam.