Reply #5: Right -- that was 2004, when Webb STILL wouldn't shake his hand

[beachmom]

but held his nose and voted for him. I think Webb thinks a little bit differently now. Webb values loyalty above all else. He knows what Kerry did for him. His response to the botched joke proved he's not going to stab someone who helped him in the back. That doesn't mean they won't have differences on the Senate floor (hmmm -- am I jumping the gun?), but he's not going to go after Kerry the way he did before.