* Heard on the Hill: Mitch McConnell gets friendly with Michael Vick...Dave Barry is back because 08 is just too funny...Loretta Sanchez on a tandem bicycle. [Roll Call]

* Yeas and Nays: Old timers flock to Walter Mondale's 80th...Steny Hoyer has nice Web. [Examiner]

* In the Know: Nepotism skips a generation at Maxine Waters office...Alan Keyes is a Trekkie...Eliot Engel has incompetent interns...Rep. Kendrick Meek has got a new environment adviser.

[The Hill]

* Shenanigans: Smoke free Hill leaves many peeved...John Edwards takes the long road. [Politico]