BECAUSE, IF WE'RE HONEST AND IMPARTIAL, WE KNOW HE IS ONE:

At Center of Senate Showdown, a Boxer Takes On a Surgeon (DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and CARL HULSE, 5/15/05, NY Times)

In the end, the brutal public battle over judicial confirmations in the Senate comes down to two starkly different men. One is a wealthy surgeon still considered new to the Senate but with an eye on the White House, the other a former lightweight boxer and police officer whose flashes of candor sometimes get him into trouble - like calling President Bush "a loser" in a speech to students.

can·dor (kndr) n.

1. Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
2. Freedom from prejudice; impartiality.