Powell vs. Rangel: Testy Remake After 40 Years

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About 30 years ago, Representative Charles B. Rangel invited a 19-year-old summer intern named Adam Clayton Powell IV into his office at the United States Capitol for an emotional conversation: He had run a bruising primary campaign in 1970 to unseat Mr. Powell’s father, he acknowledged, ending the career of a celebrated Harlem politician. . .

Of the argument that Mr. Rangel has done much that is positive, he said: “Just about every inmate at Rikers Island has done some good in their life. He has been there for 40 years; of course he has done some good.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/nyregion/30powell.html?_r=1