Friends, family and fellow journalists leave the funeral service of conservative Robert Novak, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Washington. At left, Al Hunt, executive editor of Bloomberg's Washington bureau, talks to Democratic strategist Bob Shrum as political reporter Bob Franken shakes hands at center. Novak was perhaps best known as a co-host of several of CNN's political talk shows, including "Crossfire" and become a central figure in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)