R emember when the increasingly pro-Iraq War Lieberman won — as an independent — his strange race against anti-war candidate Ned Lamont in November? We all envisioned him as the triumphant future linchpin of the Senate, since the election left Democrats in control of that chamber by only one vote.

After he won, newspapermen described him as the “key player” and the “Senate’s most influential member.” One reporter even likened him to Justice Anthony Kennedy, the crucial swing voter on the Supreme Court — a notion that brought a huge smile to Lieberman’s face.

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