WASHINGTON D.C. – Despite the unexpected setback of losing Ted Kennedy’s vacant Massachusetts’ Senate seat to Republican challenger Scott Brown, Democratic leaders in Congress have promised a return to party infighting and mediocrity. “Are we concerned about closely contested elections? Are we worried about maintaining a Democratic majority? Of course,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. “We need to get back to basics – the moment we lose our unfailing internal strife and foreseeable inability to pass key legislation is the moment we lose our party identity.” Yet while midterm elections loom ominously on the horizon, some Democratic legislators worry about losing their own seats. “It’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind, obviously,” said Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill. “[But] we can’t expect to keep a majority unless we return to our roots: band together for the elections, succeed, and then promptly fight like wolves over the dead mule deer carcass known as health care.”