reach out, try to shake his hand, try to get a word in with him. maybe try to get their picture taken. maybe try to get on the news while the president is trying to leave the building. on his way out that night back on february 2nd, 2005, bush spotted one particular senator who he wanted to stop. we wanted to talk to. so he stopped, he leaned over, and he put his hand on joe lieberman of connecticut and then as you see there, he kissed him. it was an unexpected move. got a lot of attention. it ended up playing a big role in the history of american politics for the past decade because joe lieberman was still a full fledged democrat back then. he d been his party s candidate for vice president back in 2000. he d run for president, himself, in 2004. in 2005, democrats were starting to turn on him. because it was then that the iraq war was spiralling out of control, and lieberman wouldn t stop standing with bush. that s why bush was so happy to see him in the chamber that night.