I forgot to mention that, on my way through O’Hare’s United terminal this past weekend, I saw Tom Harkin.
I saw him and thought, “I know that guy,” and I realized it’s because he used to eat breakfast sometimes at the Waveland Cafe in Des Moines.
He’s pretty tall when you see him striding through the airport.
I nodded.
He smiled.
As the son of graduates from Dubuque’s Loras and Clarke Colleges, I am rather fond of Roman Catholic Democrats from Iowa. They seem like family.
Now, it’s not quite as cool as when I used to see Paul Wellstone munching burritos at Pasqual’s on Hennepin (no longer operating from what I hear), but it’s cool to know that the senator from Iowa has to dash through airports on his own, rushing to his connecting, just like the rest of us.