Sen. Eagleton Has Last Word at Funeral

[cal04]

A younger Sen. Thomas Eagleton may have neglected to disclose the depression and electroshock therapy that ultimately cost him a brief run as George McGovern's vice presidential running mate in 1972 - but a wiser, seasoned public servant got the last word in after all.

Eagleton, who died March 4 at age 77, wrote in a farewell letter distributed at the end of Saturday's memorial service to ``go forth in love and peace - be kind to dogs - and vote Democratic.''

It was the final line in a two-page, single-space, typewritten farewell written months earlier by Eagleton, who was known for his notes, wit and love of politics.

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The former Navy man said he was most proud of introducing the amendment that ended the Vietnam War, and his original version of the War Powers Act to re-establish shared war powers of the president and Congress. He later refused to sign the watered-down version.

He said he didn't miss the Senate once he left it, except for the debate on the ``horrible, disastrous Iraq War that ... will go down in American history as one of our greatest blunders ... and as a curse to our Constitution when Attorney General John Ashcroft attempted to put a democratic face on torture.''

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[MissWaverly]

1. I liked him, I thought he would have made a good VP

and I voted for George McGovern, I would have liked him as president. Eagleton was eliminated as a candidate becuz people were worried about his ability to be vice
president, I wish they worried now about who becomes vp.

:-)

[Greeby]

2. So long, Senator Eagleton

:patriot:

[mloutre]

3. FWIW, I wrote an extended piece about the late Sen. Eagleton here:

http://blog.johnkerry.com/2007/03/former_us_sen_thomas_eagleton.html