worked with him, and occasionally fought him on the Senate floor before going to dinner with him afterward.
The thing everyone keeps mentioning, alongside his patriotism and his work ethic, is the humor. Graham was, by nearly universal agreement, the funniest man in the Senate. Al Franken — the actual professional comedian — said so explicitly. Cory Gardner remembered him telling a joke about Colorado’s marijuana problem and his Baptist constituents with the kind of deadpan delivery that only works if you’ve spent decades around people who can tell when you’re pulling their leg. His farewell to Joe Lieberman was, by accounts from everyone who
