Since Randy never served, I wanted to take a moment to give him the perspective of one who has. Back when I was winning the Cold War in the submarine service and Randy was lawyering, we were never happier than when a politician would drop in to visit us as we prepared for a long and difficult deployment to blunt the Soviet ballistic missile submarine threat. Rather than squandering our time to ensure all of the reactor instrumentation and control systems were in top condition for the months of non-stop operation that lay ahead, we would take time to polish the ship to a gleam and then entertain our honored guests. Later in the evening, after our guests departed, we were given an opportunity to perform the maintenance we hadn't completed during "visitor" day, which was so much more fun than spending time with our families with whom we would have no contact during the coming three or more months while we were submerged beneath the ocean countering the moves of our Soviet counterparts. As the engineering department of USS Eisenhower prepares for their lengthy department, I'm certain that they were just as thrilled to host Randy for his very important hearing and honored that he took time from his busy 2nd district race to spend time with them. It's not like they had anything more important to do. As Randy is a modest man, I'm sure he will take down my laudatory comments shortly after I've posted them as he has to all of my praise for him. Prove me wrong, Randy.