• There have, of course been famous excep­tions. Dick Cheney, who as vice pres­i­dent was also pres­i­dent of the Sen­ate, told Patrick Leahy to (#&! him­self, which qual­i­fies as a breach of comity, to say noth­ing of biology.
• Slate colum­nist John Dick­er­son • Regard­ing the state of deco­rum, which Sen. Al Franken famously broke last night when it came to Sen. Joe Lieber­man. But it’s by no means the only time it’s hap­pened, nor the harsh­est. Now if Al Franken said this, it’d be the great­est thing in the his­tory of ever. source

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