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Henry Hyde, R.I.P.
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Human Life Review
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January 1, 2008
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We haven't lacked recently for congressmen who have disgraced Congress. Now, we've lost one who ennobled it.
Henry Hyde has died at age 83. He represented a suburban Chicago district in the House for 32 years before retiring last year in failing health. When political commentators lament the passing of a Golden Age in Congress, they usually are inventing an imagined past. But Henry Hyde really did embody a set of political qualities that have become rare in an age of hyperpartisanship and YouTube debates.
He had principles, but was never a fanatic. He was partisan, but never a bomb-thrower. He defended traditional values, but never was preachy. He was respected by both sides because he knew ...
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