But never let arrogance override your judgment. When you have a 65-35 Senate, you can play hardball. As Sun-tzu here says, the battle tactics are dictated by the terrain. If you're confronting the enemy in hemmed-in spaces, you must resortto strategy, luring them in with the coyness of a maiden and then exploiting the opening with the rapidity of a hare. Just like ol' Daschle did.
Revenge is a gas.
But you need to be more indirect, Karl. We're the party of elephants, buddy. I would wait five, ten years sometimes before breaking somebody's knees over a personal slight. As Big Daddy Strom Thurmond used to say, always leave a man a way out. Letting Jeffords come to that Teacher of the Year deal was a no-brainer.