Schedule a tour with one of your senators. They can include a stop in the balcony. Saw Ted Kennedy stumbling around and the aide went on and on about how John Edwards was the next best thing.
The WAR is never over. Mankind has been in a perpetual state of war for thousands of years. The vanquished just go under ground or ice to plot their next battles. The Bible says even the second coming won't do it. After Evil escapes and fouls things up, God has to replace this planet with a new one with a walled city 1500 miles squared.
The real war is personal. We battle our demons daily and win some and lose some. The winners battle, the losers don't