[CholeraJoe]

"If you can't say something nice, don't say nuthin' at all."

[jdm]

Is that a kick-the-bucket reference? Looks like it, although maybe I’m reading too much into it.

[CommerceComet]

I think that Ronald Reagan showed the world by his friendship with Tip O’Neill that your political enemies do not have to be your personal enemies. While I disagreed with Tom Lantos on every political issue there was, I have no problem offering his family my condolences. May he rest in peace.