I am sad to hear of Arlen Specter's passing.

[Barack_America]

For all of his faults, there was no greater champion in the Senate for the NIH and medical research.

He was my Senator for many years, and for many of those years was my only pro-choice Senator (and we did also have a Democrat).

Rest in peace, sir.

[ellenfl]

1. r.i.p., arlen. we didn't agree on most things but you were a moderate voice in an

increasingly strident party.

ellen fl

[CanonRay]

2. I could never forgive him for Clarence Thomas

Specter was the architect of foisting that knucklehead upon us. But he was better than most Republicans, especially towards the end.

[bemildred]

3. Yep, I wish him no ill in the afterlife, but he can kiss my ass as far as what he did here. nt

[HopeHoops]

4. Yeah, it's almost time to bring the flag in for the night. We put it out when we got the word.

I don't fly it every day. Some days are different. We had it at half-mast in his honor.

[bob4460]

5. Wow you all forgot about JFK

The CHIEF architect of the Single Bullet Theory was the Warren Commission's ambitious junior counsel, Arlen Specter, who would later become a U.S. senator.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. No one has "forgotten"

and in fact, the JFK obsession and worship has gotten to be ridiculous.

But what people "remember" are the times here in Philadelphia when he fought to try to keep many government offices open that were due to close. I.e., he would be considered one of the epitome of "pork barrel" Senators, but the city he lived in appreciated it.