[afraidfortherepublic]

Even Thurmond, the terribly frail 99-year-old Republican who once chaired the committee and made Shedd its chief counsel, made an appearance at the meeting to express his anger.

God Bless ol' Strom.

And may Leahy rot in H#!!.

[Wolfstar]

Strom is quite the old warhorse, isn't he. He offers us a superb object lesson in not going quietly into that good night. God bless him, indeed.