Virginia Senate: Why can't we be friends?

The redistricting battle in Virginia is on the verge of heating up. And for the fourth year in a row, the state Senate passed legislation aimed at removing — or at least tempering — partisanship in the often-ugly process.

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s bipartisan redistricting commission held its first meeting Monday, but the General Assembly has the power to take or leave its recommendations on redrawing state legislative and congressional district lines based on data from the 2010 U.S. Census.