Senator Robert Byrd: 1917 – 2010
By Joel McDonald • Jun 28th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Lead Story
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, 92, passed away peacefully early this morning, ending a 51 year career in the United States Senate. Byrd was the longest serving member in congressional history, oldest member of congress, and the first person to serve uninterrupted for a half-century.
Senator Byrd would be the first to admit that he made mistakes in the past, and he would also be the first to apologize for those mistakes.
What I will remember is a Senator who served faithfully and was a pillar of the institution that is our United States Senate, and someone not afraid to do what he believed to be right.
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Joel McDonald has been following Virginia politics since February 2008, starting with the Democratic Presidential Primary. Since then, he has been the primary new media contact for progressive district and statewide campaigns.
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Robert Byrd was a real person..he learned from his mistakes, learned that everyone is equal, that war is wrong and solves nothing.. RIP Robert. We lost a true Democratic leader with him.