From an e-mailer: “The thing I find so painful about this is that, personally, Biden is such a nice guy. I spent 6 years in Washington, 4 years on the fringes of a law firm that did lots of lobbying and found that most politicians, R and Ds, are not very nice people. Biden though is generally an interesting and warm person….He also was one of the few adults in the Democratic party, or so it seemed. I hope he gets over this, as the Democrats (and Republicans for that matter) need more adults.”