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Article: "Our Leader, Henry Hyde".

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May 1, 2006
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I first met Henry Hyde I believe it was in the late 1970s. The details are foggy, but I remember I was attending a fund-raiser for a pro-lifer running for office from my native Minnesota.

Rep. Hyde was the featured speaker and had to leave to catch a plane shortly after delivering his remarks. Along with two others, I went outside to chat for a few minutes while he waited for the cab to take him to the airport.

Hyde was larger than life in two ways. Even then he was the unquestioned leader of the pro-life Movement in Congress. He also was very tall.

I remember this part like it was yesterday. I am 5'6". Hyde is at least a foot taller. As we ...

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