I read the story in a New York Times blog the other day that Florida's Bill Nelson (D) is the second most Googled senator this year, after the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, and I admit I couldn't figure out why.

Now I think I know the answer.

The Buzz, the political blog of the St. Petersburg Times, notes that it didn't make sense to them either. At first.

We've heard all sorts of theories. His passion for ridding Florida of Burmese pythons is sexy stuff, for instance. He has also focused on troublesome Chinese drywall. Maybe people were mistaking him for the higher profile moderate Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

The mystery may never be answered but we're afraid the theory shared by Republican consultant Jordan Raynor of Tampa is adolescent, crass and makes the most sense: a viral, 30-second online video of Bill Nelson on the Senate floor somberly talking about how troops are treated and substituting an unfortunate word for interaction:

"Certainly all the intercourse that I had as a military officer was the best,'' Bill "Google magnet" Nelson intones in the YouTube clip. "But that was not the case for a lot of our returning soldiers."

You can save yourself a Google search and watch the video here:

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