Every candidate has a "body man" on hand during the waking hours -- they are the ultimate personal assistants, furnishing politicians with breath mints, hand sanitiser, umbrellas, hair gel, and other essentials.
In the annals of body people, however, it's hard to imagine a pair more interesting or attractive than Reggie Love, the college basketball star who shepherds Barack Obama, and Huma Abedin, the Vogue-model Pakistani-American who is Hillary Clinton's body woman.
And wouldn't you know it, this duo took a cue from their bosses last week and made nice, going out for dinner at Washington's chic Cafe Milano the night before Obama and Clinton held their Unity rally.
Ah, to be a fly on the wall for that meal...