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Old 11-30-2007, 12:28 AM
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Default R.I.P. Henry Hyde

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/wa...de.html?ref=us

I don't think I ever agreed with the man, but that's what I respected about him. He was generally articulate and intelligent in his presentation of argumentation. We have lost a great mind.
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