If you will recall, the first round of their schoolyard squabble, on the occasion of Inhofe’s filibustering of Gore’s attempts to answer his questions, ended with a crushing uppercut by Boxer:

Committee chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) finally intervened. "Would you agree to let the Vice President answer your questions?" Inhofe said Gore could respond when he was done talking, but Boxer wouldn’t have it: "No, that isn’t the rule. You’re not making the rules. You used to when you did this. Elections have consequences. So I make the rules." The hearing audience applauded loudly.

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Politico has the details of the next round. This time, Boxer taps out and its Senator Mikulski that delivers the TKO, capping an Inhofe rant with:

"It’s more than the icecaps that are facing meltdown," begins Mikulski…

Snap. Could it be that Inhofe is worrying about the title fight?