Goodbye Byrd!
June 28th, 2010See Byrd as a young Fiddler – Senator Byrd to receive fiddler award at Grand Ole Opry
Goodbye 
and thank you.
Picture gallery slideshow here
Byrd was best known for his ardent defense of both the U.S. Constitution his love of Senate history. He was also a man who fought the 1964 Civil Rights Act — to his later regret — but who took great pride in his fight against authorizing the use of force in Iraq. (NPR)
“I served with him for 36 years. We sat in the same row. He was a senator’s senator. He was a keeper of our traditions, a keeper of the rules, and the kind of senator who always kept his word. … I will miss Bob Byrd.” — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. (Via)
