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Noticeably missing were the fiery catch phrases of the campaign trail and the trademark combat boots that made him a symbol of change in last November’s surprise defeat of incumbent Sen. George Allen (R). Webb’s election win by less than .5 percent of the vote changed the national balance of power by putting Democrats in charge of both the House and Senate for the first time in decades.
These days, the decorated Vietnam war veteran is more apt to spring open his cell phone, revealing the captured image of his 4-month-old baby girl, rather than show off his son’s dusty boots from Iraq. His tone is more wonkish than fire and brimstone. He has captured the rhythms of someone who left Washington policymaking 19 years ago to write books and screenplays, but now has a baby to feed and a pile of policy papers to catch up on.
Webb’s father flew B-17s and B-29s during World War II, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Son Jimmy Webb is an enlisted infantry U.S. Marine whose unit shipped out to Iraq last September.
In a now-famous incident, the newly elected Democratic
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