That's just one of their "offensive" behaviors.
I thought Chris Dodd's dad Tom Dodd was an embarassment, but I would be happy to have old Tom back ... and being dead he could neither vote nor filibuster. Remember, the Democrats set the standard in Missouri in the Ashcroft-Carnahan race that a dead person can be elected. Perhaps the voters in Connecticut should establish a Tom Dodd for Senate campaign in 2006 just to see if Diner-man can lose to Nutcase-man.