My own moving tribute is up over at my place.

Courage.

Reminds me of the time that Patricia Schroeder, the lib congressperson from Colorado/bane of everyone who ever wore a uniform finally retired from Congress. I toasted her departure with a beer on the phone with the fellow vets that went to law school with me. As NR noted at the time, her fairwell speech said she was toilet training her kids when she started and was past menopause when she left--appropriate to describe her career in terms of bodily functions.