ted kennedy on the other side maybe phil gramm. it's a very, very short list i think you could be left what you left behind. and other difference he truly did not give a hoot what anyone thought about him. that gave them remarkable freedom he did what he thought his conscience told him to do and he could not be bent. his donors and district could not bend them and he lost several of them because they tried and he refused. he told constituents what hent believed. one famous encounter at a town hall meeting a guy kept badgering him over something over and over again he said i've had enough of you meet me outside after this and i'll kick your butt. [laughter] he may not have said but. othat is who he was. he is not just a fighter he is a thinker. that's another thing i think sets him apart he really does spend time actually thinking pretty think thought time today is a pretty rare commodity. my kids i try to get them you got empty time think talk on your phone look at something. dick would be in the shower, go for a run and he would j

maybe phil gramm but it's a short list and i'm proud of what he left behind. another difference is he truly didn't give a hoot. that gave them remarkable freedom. he did what he dthought was right and what his conscience told him to do and he couldn't be better. lobbyists couldn't bend him. and he lost several of them because they tried and he refused . he told constituents what he believed and one famous encounter at town hall meeting a guy kept badgering him veover and over again and dick finally said i've had enoughof you, meet me outside afterthis and i'll kick your butt . he may not have said but . but that was kind of who he was. he's not just a father, he's a thinker and that's another thing that sets him apart is he really does spend time, i think thought time is a rare commodity. if you've got empty time, think. don't just look at your phone. dick would be in the shower or the opposition and he would just think so a lot of times on monday mornings he would call me in his office and say i've been thinking. and i knew something was up at that point. he'

former publisher of the washington post phil gramm once said journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of the story and their second and under the guidance of legendary editor brett ben bradley who sadly is not with us today the support of publisher katharine graham whose son don is with us exposed a tale of corruption at the highest levels of government. some quality of their work changed journalism politics. recognition from around the world and led the washington post to be honored with a pulitzer prize or public service but the significance of their work extends beyond committee accolades. through their relentless painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administration to life bob and carl epitomized the founding fathers vision ofthe free press . there could be no such thing as self-governance the founders understood if there were no independent scrutiny of government officials and no way for the americans all those powers to account. and is precisely what the watergate story was about. men in power who thought

former publisher of the washington post phil gramm once said journalism is the first rough draft