Wow.  Biden first made my radar on Bill Maher's show where he tended to take a while to bring his point home and after watching a few other Senators start off with a 5 minute monologue (or more, although with Chuck Hagel it was fun to watch considering it seemed he did it to avoid them eating up his time by spouting the party line answer) I must easy it's refreshing to see someone asking questions and follow-up questions.