Leadership with a side of crazy

Senator Jim Webb's interview in Esquire is worth a read. I always thought Webb had one or more screws loose upstairs, but he gave a great answer when asked about his legacy:

When I first came in people started talking about this could be your legacy project or that could be your legacy project and I said, "No, my staff is my legacy project." We've got people in here who are going to do some really great things in their lives.

That's a rare type of leadership in Your Nation's Capital - someone who feels responsible to the staff that works so hard for him. Maybe, I thought, Webb isn't as loco as I thought.

Then I kept reading, to the point where Webb was asked about finishing his most recent group:

But then my son, we had gotten a tattoo together when he was like eighteen, nineteen, something like that, so he goes, "We've got to finish that tattoo." So I celebrated my book and he celebrated getting into Maryland by finishing up our tattoos.

There's the Jim Webb we know and love...