Obama And McCain Come Together In A Head Butt

Sen. Barack Obama and his 60-watt smile couldn't get a moment alone today as the Senate voted on the FISA bill.

Obama (D-Ill.) was tending to the fans — and there were many of them. 

First, he was surrounded by Sens. Ben Nelson, (D-Neb.) Kent Conrad, (D-N.D.) and Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). Then, almost instantly, he was enveloped by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Sens. Barbara Boxer, (D-Calif.) and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)

Sen. Bill Nelson, (D-Fla.) pulled him away for a moment, as did Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) played the "my turn! my turn!" game, too. (Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-N.Y.] did not vote today.)

But someone else wanted an O-Mo. (Short for Obama moment)

As Obama and Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) talked mano-a-mano in the front of the chamber, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) approached Obama to say hello. The two presidential candidates shook hands and exchanged a laugh but Salazar apparently wasn't satisfied with that. The Colorado senator bear-hugged the two candidates bringing them head to head for a brief moment, as their colleagues looked on and laughed.

Could Salazar be signaling who he thinks will be head-to-head in the presidential election? Hmmmm. We wonder.