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He was always one of my favorites, too. A man whose integrity and inteligence always require you give his opinion serious consideration. Too bad his seat could not have been filled by someone of equal moral weight. For that matter, too bad all the Senate's seats are not so filled.

Sorry, I can't agree. He was one of those most responsible for miring this country in the welfare swamp. And his pseudo-intellectualism made socialism seem acceptable. Also, anyone who worked with LBJ, Carter and Clinton can't have much good about him. Bowties just don't do it.

A Democratic Party full of Pat Moynihans is a party I could start to respect again.

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

Robert - I didn't say I agreed with him. I said I respected his intelligence and integrity. He argued passionately, yet he spoke civilly. His positions were so well reasoned that you had think through your own position in order to refute his.

I wish more, on both (all?) sides of the debate, were more like him and less like the current state-of-the-art congress critter. Our nation would benefit from more thought and less poll driven, inflammatory rhetoric from our political leaders.

Like Bill Bradley, he held many positions I disagreed with. But I had the feeling that if I could mount a convincing argument as to why my way was better, he would consider it -- he wasn't childishly stuck on his own moral superiority, or so beholden to interest groups that he was incapable of doing the right thing. These are rare qualities in a politician.

I not sure how Bill Bradley's name came up, but Patrick Moynihan was an intellectual who spent his entire career making sure that government worked, be that government democrat or republican.

Both parties could use individuals in the senate who practiced politics like Moynihan. I haven't missed a democratic pol like Moynihan, since Scoop Jackson left the Senate.

I'm not sure what to think of Moynihan. On one hand, he's a interesting thinker, great guy, reguarly tore Reagan a new one in the 1980s, and so on.

On the other hand, as Kaus has noted (pre-bonkers), disaster followed him for his entire career. ;)

Hope he recovers quickly, great guy.

Always struck me as a guy with whom it would be enjoyable to share a bottle of good Irish whisky.

Jane wrote, of Patrick Moynihan: " . . . I had the feeling that if I could mount a convincing argument as to why my way was better, he would consider it -- he wasn't childishly stuck on his own moral superiority, or so beholden to interest groups that he was incapable of doing the right thing. These are rare qualities in a politician."

"Childlishly stuck on his own moral superiority" . . . "so beholden to interest groups that he was incapable of doing the right thing" . . . Jane, you've just perfectly described the A. Dubya O. L. occupant of the White House

"Patrick Moynihan was an intellectual who spent his entire career making sure that government worked, be that government democrat or republican." -- Timmy the wonder dog

"On the other hand, as Kaus has noted (pre-bonkers), disaster followed him for his entire career." -- Jason

I suspect there's a connection between the two...

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