DC friends have lunch together...

...like in the old story about Pancho Villa.

From
The Washington friendship

...when you get right down to it, there is often no difference between business and friendship in the nation’s capital—they are two sides of the same coin. The Washington friendship is like the Hollywood friendship, partly sincere and partly self-interested. For a lobbyist like Abramoff, or any glad-handing politician, a well-placed friend is money in the bank.