I have accomplished my dearest wish, I am a man among men, on an equal footing with Tom, Dick and Harry, and yet it isn't just exactly what I thought it was going to be.

Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!

We see Brooks seethe in a corner, and, in a cut to a confessional, he exaggerates the scene, saying, “I’m feeling really uncomfortable. Her vagina’s in my face.”

It is interesting to speculate on what combination of factors acted within the Bush administration to bring about the climb-down from its previous position.