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In Gratitude

Adam B. Kushner

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was quite fulsome in her praise yesterday for Senator Joe Biden considering, you know, he’s the enemy this fall. “Senator Biden is obviously a very fine statesman,” she said. “He’s a true, true patriot.” The White House declined to join the love-in, which makes her seem a little off-message. A spokesman promises that she’ll still vote for McCain.

So did Biden do Rice some tremendous favor? One joke floating around Denver is that, on the Foreign Relations Committee, the famously loquacious chairman used up all the time at hearings lecturing the witnesses, relieving Rice of the need to defend herself and the administration.

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