Here's another thought (and when I can get a chance I'll help do some digging): I'd be willing to bet that over his career, Lautenberg did his best to help gut the intell services, to vote for funding cuts for intelligence and the military. These votes could and should come back to haunt him.
Apparently the WSJ pulled up a bunch of his votes on intelligence this morning, and yep, you are correct.
Meanwhile, Daschle has his October surprise, release is at 10AM TODAY:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!