Hmmm. My goodness, there's even a pdf file where you can read The Senate in Literature and Film, which is Chapter 21 in The Senate 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate, by Robert C. Byrd, United States Senator here.
In it he joshes (I presume that he is joshing), that:
It is hard for real life senators to compete with the likes of Jimmy Stewart, William Powell, and Charles Laughton.Not that they don't try, of course, at least on occasion.
Hat tip: James Taranto at OpinionJournal.com.
P.S. I just went browsing for used copies. Most sites I've checked so far don't have any. Abebooks.com has five copies, starting at $110 (volume one only); and including a three-volume set of ex-library copies with missing flyleafs in all volumes, for $165. Yikes. If grandpa gave you one for Christmas sometime...
The Senate 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate [Volume One, Bicentennial Edition], by Byrd, Robert C.; Leuchtenburg, William E. [foreword]; Hall, Mary Sharon [editor].
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