Introduction: A countervailing wind
A man of the senate
The chemistry of the senate
"A special place in his animus"
Sniffing the wind
"In the lap of the gods"
"Just another Clark Kent"
"Keep the rudder true"
"Everything but the nomination"
Life after disaster
"The powerful appeal of our most decent values"
A new man
"We need the results"
The undertow
Mea culpa
"Stability and tranquility"
"The battle of his political life"
Stiffening their spines
Running the senate
Endings and epilogues
The charm offensive/the war offensive
"A fraud cooked up in Texas"
"The moral challenge of doing the right thing"
Hope
Return to the sea.