This from the tail end of an article about the military-accountability triumvirate of Sens. Tinker, Evers, and Chance*:

For Democrats, who have spent months trying to put the public spotlight on the issues of detainee treatment and the war in Iraq, the three Republicans are like some kind of gift from the political gods. After the Senate overwhelmingly adopted Mr. Warner's measure on the war, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, stood slack-jawed.

* - Allusion for the sake of allusion. Actual senators: Warner, McCain, and Graham.