Isn't it refreshing when people in the spotlight don't take themselves too seriously? One Democratic Senator told colleagues he took a "polygraph" test to find out what the lie-detector fuss is all about. But this silver-haired and flamboyant orator reported he flunked the test when he started a sentence with: "In my humble opinion...."

Shortly after Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska announced his availability for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1991, he made an appearance at the National Press Club in Washington, where he was questioned by members of the press. One ink-stained wretch asked Kerry, "How do you compare yourself to the late William Jennings Bryan?" Bryan, who also was from Nebraska, was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1896, 1900 and 1908. After a short pause,…