Don't miss the Washington Post's long piece on the different career paths followed by Ben Cardin and Kweisi Mfume, who arrived in Congress on the same day in 1987 and are now duking it out for the Dem nomination to succeed retiring Senator Paul Sarbanes.

Cardin has his eye on a classic insider's power-post on the Senate Finance Committee, while Mfume is contemplating the national fame -- see Obama, Barack -- that comes with being a black Senator. Primary on Sept. 12.