WASHINGTON — A red-faced Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., could be seen Wednesday in the Senate chamber.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was sharply criticizing a spending bill being managed by Nelson, but the color on the Nebraska senator's cheeks was not the result of any aggravation with his colleague.
Rather, Nelson had been stuck facing the sun during an outdoor event in western Nebraska earlier in the week.
“The sun was as bright as it could be, and when you're sitting at 4,000 feet there's not a lot of room between you and the sun,” the Husker-hued Nelson said.
A Nelson aide quipped that “it's bronzing nicely.”
“It will be tan by the end of the week,” Nelson agreed, laughing.
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