David Cameron and Barack Obama: a picture of chumminess | Michael Tomasky

Never mind the ideological differences, this transatlantic encounter was all cool art and warm banter

I was watching the Barack Obama-David Cameron press conference, but about 10 minutes into it, the phone rang; so I didn't get to hear much. But it didn't matter. You didn't need to hear anything. It was all there in the body language. The special relationship is special again.

These guys were like old college chums. They traded what, among politicians, passes for witty repartee, with the...