I thought this blurb from the Huffington Post showed that Obama isn't going pull a Kerry and sit idly by while his record gets impuned.

Furthermore, during a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation.

While it was unclear what the two were discussing, the body language suggested that Obama was trying to convince Lieberman of something and his stance appeared slightly intimidating.

Using forceful, but not angry, hand gestures, Obama literally backed up Lieberman against the wall, leaned in very close at times, and appeared to be trying to dominate the conversation, as the two talked over each other in a few instances.

Still, Obama and Lieberman seemed to be trying to keep the back-and-forth congenial as they both patted each other on the back during and after the exchange.

I'm quite sure that most democrats have wanted to lay it down to Senator Lieberman for a while.  The thing I respect most about Obama -- from the start -- is his willingness to approach problems head on.

Here, he took the 2000 Dem. VP candidate and (probably) told him to stop misrepresenting his Israel position.  He probably told him that they can disagree on Iraq, but that they had no differences on Israel and to say otherwise makes Joe look foolish and sows unnecessary discord on an important international matter.

He has the authority, demeanor, and guts to be an amazing president.