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Lee Hamilton used to be my "next door" congressman. I live in Louisville and he represented the southern Indiana district right across the river. His district included part of the same metropolitan area as Louisville, and shared the same media outlets: TV, radio, and newspaper, if you can call The Courier-Journal a newspaper. Thus, I got to see and hear a lot of him.

I was, and continue to be, absolutely amazed by him. He is incredible to watch; he is so smooth. He will talk forever on any subject, and when he is done, you are saying, "Yeah, that's it! That's exactly right!" and the person standing next to you, who disagrees with you vehemently on that subject is going, "Yeah, you got it! That's exactly right!"

Hamilton can simultaneously appear to be on every side of every subject without ever saying anything substantial, and take up so much time doing it that he leaves no time for any other questions by the interviewer. Trying to pin him down is like trying to nail Jello to the wall. I've never seen anyone better at this.