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By Denise Ross

If the story of John Thune and Tim Johnson becoming friends weren’t enough to blow your mind, ponder the spectre of Thune and Tom Daschle escorting Johnson down the aisle to be sworn in to his 3rd term in the US Senate. (I swear it’s true.)

CNN reports:

… time seems to have paved over the bitterness. As Thune and Daschle departed the Senate floor, the two former adversaries shook hands and patted each other on the back.

I wonder if this wasn’t Sen. Johnson’s idea of a way to get the whole gang together? Did he simply want his two friends to become friends themselves?

As most South Dakotans know, both Thune and Daschle have impeccable manners towards their fellow humans - in person, at least - and apparently this includes even each other. One could argue that their manners suffered some when lobbing attacks at each other during the 2004 campaign.

Perhaps the first test of the sincerity of the exchange reported by CNN will come when Thune casts his vote on Daschle’s appointment as Health and Human Services secretary. Dare he vote no? Would doing so qualify as *gasp* obstruction?

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