Sen. Byrd praises Bush on nominee

Did you know that Sen. Byrd was born in Wilkes County, NC??? Who knows, if he would have stayed in NC, him & Jesse Helms could have been our two US senators.

From the Washington Times:

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, one of President Bush's harshest critics, has become an unlikely ally on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr.

"I said to him, 'I am shouting your name from the steeple tops for reaching out, reaching across the aisle,'?" the West Virginia Democrat reported after taking a phone call from Mr. Bush to discuss a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.