Watched it too--did you see the stubborn tear that insisted on being seen while our President was talking? The whole ceremony was very moving.
Yes, I did. I think that the President and Mrs. Bush consider Dr. Rice in the closest circle of their friends. This is so refreshing. If you will notice most of the time when Kerry, Boxer and all the rest are talking about their close black friends it comes off as rather patronizing.
(Rice pledged to use diplomacy to widen the community of democracy.)
I was reading on Newsmax the late night jokes a few weeks ago and anti-Bush Letterman made a funny joke about the above...something about "that means that we must be really running low on ammo!"