honesty and candor. this was in 2013, at a time of just abject partisan warfare, and one of the biggest warriors in that fight, the number two republican in consequence at the time was still able to write about the democratic vice president to praise his decency and his honesty, and to call him his friend. this year when vice president biden was considering running for president, the abjectly fiercely partisan top republican in the united states senate said he wouldn't weigh in on whether or not mr. biden should make a run for the presidency, but he too called him his friend. >> i'm not somebody would be seeks his advice about whether to run for president. i do like joe a lot. i think he's a good man. >> i hear that a lot about joe biden. what other democrat in politics -- not some conservative wannabe rep democrat, but what true-blue democrat, who else in politics