Majority leader Harry Reid (Senate Triumvire)

"I'm glad I had the opportunity to know Ted Kennedy.  Whether you agree with him or not, what a life he lead with his two brothers being assassinated, his other brother being killed in World War II.  And Robert Byrd who just died.  What a...he was in the Congress of the United States for more than 25 percent of the time that we have been a country.  That's fairly remarkable."

- Answer to the question:  "Can you think of a greatest living American?"

1.  I can't believe we are in the middle of one of the most important elections in American history, in which Harry is fighting for his political life, and a reporter is lobbing him softballs like this question.

2.  I know Kennedy and Byrd resembled corpses for much of the end of their time in the Senate, but they haven't been "living" for awhile...Duh.

3.  What a joke for Reid to pick two 'deadies' with such illustrious histories as the Duke of Chappaquiddick Bay (killing a poor lady), and KKK Byrd ('Kleagle' and 'Exalted Cyclops')...Nice group of friends and people to think so highly of Harry.