"Almost every time you turn on C-SPAN, you'll see me."

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So says Sen. Dick Durbin in a recent AP interview. Yeah boy! Love that guy!

SPRINGFIELD - There was a time when Dick Durbin's chief claim to fame may have been his love of wooden baseball bats.

Durbin stood up on the U.S. House floor in 1989 and condemned the trend toward aluminum bats and their "dinky ping" sound. Turning away from wood was just another sign that America was losing its way, he lamented in a speech that made headlines in sports pages across the country.

Fifteen years later, Durbin is talking about somewhat more important issues: the war in Iraq, overhauling the nation's intelligence agencies, scrutinizing the president's judicial and Cabinet nominees.

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Durbin's position as Democratic "whip" gives him a significant voice in national policy debates, as well as the party's internal debates over responding to Republican control of the White House and Congress.

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http://www.pjstar.com/stories/112804/REG_B4QUCR25.036.shtml

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1. We Should Run Him n/t