What's the best line from Peggy Noonan's McCain obit? (poll 10090904)

What's the best line from Peggy Noonan's McCain obit?

Leadership: What is he?

Ronald Reagan. 1984. Speaking: “If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God,” he said, his deep brown eyes flashing leadershiply

One day in the Senate mess hall, McCain sat down at my table, where I was dining alone on a salad of watercress. “What do a woman and a fire hydrant have in common?” he asked me, his eyes asparkle with magic. Before he had the chance to answer, an aide interrupted him, and he rushed off. On Saturday, that terrible eve, when I heard that John McCain had passed away at last, I thought back to this riddle. It shall remain an unsolved mystery. Like our Constitution, it will be studied by future generations—its subtleties, perhaps, teased out one day by those who today are just children. In class, they sit. Perhaps in Iowa. Perhaps in fields of grain.

He paused, and took a sip of what I imagined at the time was absinthe, but which may in retrospect have been water.

With a final wink—and a smile—he was gone, trailing what seemed to be be sparkles.

And I turned up the volume just in time to hear him say, “I vote yes to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States of America.” I’ll be damned if he wasn’t winking

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What's the best line from Peggy Noonan's McCain obit?

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