Congressional oath on Qur'an

After much controversy, Rep. Keith Ellison has been sworn in on a Qur'an (an event being publicized by the federal goverment for its positive spin). I think Ellison or his staff showed great intuition into the iconic symbolism of the oath. He countered the controversy over using a Qur'an by asking the Library of Congress to borrow Thomas Jefferson's copy. So he neutralized the criticism by employing a relic book associated with one of the country's founding fathers.