Senate's opening session: another act in political drama

Victors and vanquished, old guard and new, senators gather in the still-unsettled chamber for the first day of business. Two seats are in dispute and there's suspense over who might inherit a third. > As the Senate opened for business Tuesday, there was Joe Biden -- who soon will resign his seat in the chamber to assume the vice presidency -- standing in one corner. Not far away sat John McCain, the Arizona lawmaker who lost the White House to Biden's running mate, former Sen. Barack Obama. (link)