Liberal Democrat Menendez, conservative Republican Martinez. It's all the same thing, just like tomato-potater—if you don't know (or care)

In case you missed this nugget, here's Al Kamen's account in his Washington Post "In the Loop" column:

You're Not Yourself Today

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), at the White House this spring for a meeting with other senators to discuss immigration with President Bush, was surprised when Bush approached him as the meeting broke up and observed: "Senator Martinez, you've been very quiet."

"That's Martinez," Menendez said, pointing to Mel Martinez--Florida's junior senator and Bush's former secretary of housing and urban development.

[See the uncanny resemblance? That's Bob Menendez of New Jersey at left above and Mel Martinez of Florida (and formerly of the Bush cabinet) at left below. Let's see, they're both male, and . . . uh . . . well, their last names begin with "M," and . . . . ]