NYT notes that the Senate approved a reformatting of tobacco regulation:

Mr. Kennedy said, "This is the most important step we can take for public health short of curing cancer itself."

"But check this out," Senator Kennedy continued, removing a can of Miller Genuine Draft from his coat pocket. Advising reporters to "Grab [their] balls," the senior Senator from Massachusetts shotgunned the can in a period of time later described by aides as "just over five seconds." "Hooo-ee!" said the Senator, smashing the can against his forehead and hurling it across the corridor at a passing Rick Santorum. "Where was I?"