Stephen Colbert has made a career of making fun of others, but our Kathy Rowings reports that he seems just as happy to be the one being mocked. She attended the 20th annual Roast for Spina Bifida on Friday, where Colbert was roasted by some of the biggest names in Washington. The event wasn't just full of laughter -- it also raised more than $450,000 for spina bifida research.  Read on for her full report:

In the same room where Stephen Colbert slammed President Bush during the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, Colbert happily took his turn in the hot seat, as D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Sen. Orrin Hatch, newly minted Barack Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and current White House spokeswoman Dana Perino all took turns taking jabs at the TV comedian. DC's not known for being a particularly humorous town, but the roasters certainly showed that politicians can be funny, too. And Colbert (pictured above, far left, with Master of Ceremonies/pundit Mark Shields, Hatch and Emanuel) took it all in stride, laughing throughout and toasting the roasters when he was particularly amused. Here are some of the best lines of the night:

Holmes Norton: "The one and only -- and one is too many -- Stephen Colbert!"

Emanuel: "Of course, Stephen and I do have our differences. Stephen believes the messiah is Jesus Christ. In my briefing books, that's Barack Obama."

Hatch: “But honestly, I don’t have to stay up late to watch conservatives make fools of themselves. That’s my entire day!”  Hatch also wrote a song for Colbert, which he performed, and then accused Colbert of trying to steal  his music gig. “Songwriter? Hello? The little bastard’s been ripping off my (material)!”

Perino: “We’re hosting the great Stephen Colbert, but I guess we couldn’t get Jon Stewart,” prompting Colbert fill his wine glass to the brim.

Colbert took the stage after the roasters and got plenty of his own digs in, too. Here are highlights from his speech.

To Perino: "Dana, you are the one person who I don't mind slamming me on this entire podium, because I know for the last year and a half you haven't meant anything you've said."

To Holmes Norton: "Like in Congress, what you said was duly noted and had no effect whatsoever... Do you ever dream of having a position with more power -- like student body president?"

To Emanuel: (Referring to the fact that Emanuel lost the tip of his middle finger in an accident when he was a teen) "I think the real story is that Rahm Emanuel has given the finger to so many people in this town that he wore the tip off."

(photo  by Paul Morigi, courtesy of the Spina Bifida Association)