Is that the only delegation from the US? That seems astonishingly small. I don’t mean that it’s disrespectfully small — the president is going after all– but politically small. There are a lot of well-connected American Catholics — nevermind non Catholics — who I assume would very much like to go to the Pope’s funeral in an official capacity. Is Ted Kennedy going with Bush? As a private citizen? Not at all? Bill Clinton? Poppa Bush? Andy Card must have had to say no to a lot of people.