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Article: Henry Hyde: A 'Man of the House'
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- Human Events
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- December 10, 2007
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Remembering a Conservative Stalwart
May those who love us, love us;
and those who don't love us,
may God turn their hearts;
and if He doesn 't turn their hearts,
may He turn their ankles,
so we'll know them by their limping.
That was, roughly, an old Irish toast that Rep. Henry Hyde (R.-Ill.) patiently taught me at the closing Platform Committee hearing on the eve of the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego. Hyde had just finished presiding over the exhausting committee sessions that included intense debate over changing the party's strong pro-life plank (it remained unchanged). As drained as he was following the hearings, Hyde nevertheless made time to teach me the toast that I ...