For Mother McCain, 96 Is More Than an Age: It's an Average Speed.

· "Take Metro. We just authorized another $1.5 billion for it here in the House."

But here's perhaps better advice from Cydney DeModica, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Division: "I'm thinking she needs to get a driver."

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

Don Rhodes, a columnist for the Chronicle in Augusta, Ga., was at his nephew's graduation last month when he heard the commencement address by Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) about "the six secret rules for living: learning, respect of others, ethics, love, faith, dreaming."

In a column last weekend, Rhodes wrote that he especially enjoyed a story Isakson told about Oklahoma humorist Will Rogers, whom Isakson quoted as saying, "Just remember this: Always love people and use things -- never use people and love things."

Rhodes went home and searched Google for the quote and discovered "an almost identical speech about the six secret rules for living had been given three years ago," by Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) at the University of West Florida.

Suspecting that Isakson had ripped off Miller, Rhodes contacted the senator's office to inquire about possible plagiarism. Isakson's aides did some digging and discovered that Isakson's speech was posted on Miller's Web site -- with no attribution.

So maybe it wasn't on par with the 1988 plagiarism of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), but the speech was dear to Isakson's heart. He wrote it for his son's high school graduation in 1988 and has given it "over 100 times in the last 20 years," said his spokeswoman, Sheridan Watson.

Miller says he borrowed Isakson's speech for his commencement address to the University of West Florida in 2004 and attributed much of it to Isakson there. But whoever posted it on the congressman's Web site forgot to credit Isakson.

"It was certainly wrong to have it up like that and it was corrected as soon as we were notified," says Miller's chief of staff, Dan McFaul.

Rhodes's parting words for Miller came in the column's title: "Be honest when borrowing words."

Making an Impression

Freshman House members rarely venture to the other side of the Capitol. But today a trio of the newest House members -- Reps. Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Don Cazayoux (D-La.) and Travis Childers (D-Miss.) -- are serving as guest lecturers to a luncheon of Senate Democrats.