a funny one, Robert Byrd...on the right (as in 'left') side of many issues, a historian of great depth and knowlege, an eloquent speaker from the old school, a parlimentarian without equal....yet one of the most shameless and accomplished stuffers of the Pork Barrel in Senate history! West Virginia is dotted with courthouses and projects that 'could' have fed hungry people in many other states..He embodies the best and worst of political realities in one amazing mix.