Byrd will voluntarily give up chairmanship

[deb]

More talk of appointments:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081107/pl_politico/15409

Senate legend Robert Byrd, approaching 91 this month and hailing a “new day in Washington,” said he would voluntarily give up the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee with the new Congress.

“To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven,” said Byrd, who had fended off earlier challenges this past spring and summer. “Those Biblical words from Ecclesiastes 3:1 express my feelings about this particular time in my life.

[one love]

He is upset because of the new president elect...you know his KKK tendencies J/K

[DaJudge]

Maybe they'll buy him a fresh, crisp new set of sheets for his retirement present.

[Mike Vande]

Maybe they'll buy him a fresh, crisp new set of sheets for his retirement present.

And pillowcases with precut eye holes!