51.   Stone, a Democrat, praised Jeffords in an interview with The Washington Post for sticking to his basic political instincts.

52.   Spring sees Bruton as impetuous, with poor political instincts, while Bruton finds Spring holier-than-thou and baldly ambitious.

53.   Despite their very different personalities, they showed the same political instinct and understood from the outset what advantage each could reap from a public friendship.