Is Bunning the GOP's Burris?

Talk about embarrassing. In today's Chicago Tribune James Oliphant offered this unflattering analogy:

And you thought Democrats had a problem with Roland Burris?

Burris, the freshman senator from Illinois, has something in common with Jim Bunning, the irascible Republican senator from Kentucky. Their parties seem inclined to move on without them—if only they would get out of the way.