In rare fleeting moments of childlike naivety, I sometimes wonder how these people live with themselves.

And by people, I mean Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), whose 25-hour rambling speech on the Senate floor this week was the longest in the history of the institution, beating the record of segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours.