“First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney” was suggested by a reader of Capitol Fax Blog.

Another pointed out that wouldn’t work because President-Elect Barack Obama probably was already sworn in by Cheney.

Here’s my suggestion:

First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney on Martin Luther King’s Birthday

Today, his senior colleague, U.S. Senator Dick “Flipper” Durbin escorted Roland Burris down the Senate aisle so that Cheney could swear him in.

Durbin, of course, was smiling broadly.

No shame whatsoever.

There are all sorts of questions about the new Senator from Blagojevich.

But the one of interest today is

“What will he put on his tombstone?”