It's payback time

Many have wondered, what's in it for him as Tony Blair has been repeatedly rebuffed by George W. Bush and seen his own "political capital" seriously wounded by throwing his lot in with the American president. Why continue to accept Bush's intransigence over issues important to Blair, like global warming? Or Bush's lip service commitment to African aid? Or the humiliation of seeing British subjects detained at Guantanamo Bay?

Oh. Now we know. It's tough to get those juicy internships.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair 's eldest son Euan will work as an intern with Republican staff in the U.S. House of Representatives, the prime minister's office said on Sunday.

Euan, 21, will spend three months working with a committee which determines how U.S. legislation is considered in the lower chamber of Congress.

"Euan Blair has been given the opportunity to take up a short, unpaid internship with the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives," said a spokesman at the prime minister's Downing Street office.

Nevermind he's not a U.S. citizen. He's the son of the head of the British Labour Party working for a Republican.

I can hear Dear Leader now: "Heh. Heh."