Senator Al Franken.

What a bittersweet day in Minnesota...Senator Al Franken was sworn in today as the junior United States Senator from Minnesota, replacing Norm Coleman. Video is at this story link. Senator Franken took the oath with his hand placed on Senator Paul Wellstone's Bible. Senator Wellstone was Jewish, as is Senator Franken...but the Bible contains both the Old and New Testaments, and was given to Paul by his wife, Sheila, when they were married. Both Paul and Sheila died, along with their daughter Marcia and several campaign aides, in a plane crash in 2002.