From the "Strange Bedfellows" file...

Orrin Hatch on Chris Dodd, via Political Wire…

"Now, I want to compliment Chris, because when Sen. Kennedy has suffered from his illness, they asked Chris to chair this. And to come right in without staff and to be able do the job that he's done, I'm really impressed. Of course, I always have been; Chris is one of the better Senators here. And I know that Ted felt that this would be in good hands with him."

Cross-filed to "Credit where it's due," because while Senator Hatch is often right only in the sense modified by "far," he's correct about this.