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...Bill Clinton raised the roof of the Pepsi Center and shut down with a crash the complaints that people named Clinton somehow never manage to say anything nice about Barack Obama. Clinton was cued up for 10 minutes; his clock ran out halfway through, but on he went, making previous speakers seem small and pinched by comparison as he laid out the case for the man he described as being "on the right side of history," as though unwilling to leave a single argument on the table...
...sound too muscular, Melissa Etheridge sang to the Big Tent, weaving God Bless America into Give Peace a Chance into Born in the USA. But it was Clinton's appearance that lit up the hall: "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow," Fleetwood Mac sang, and the crowd roared for Bill, no signs, only flags and love for the only living man who gave them the White House twice...
...Iowa, Missouri and Montana, Obama made his way into the hall for the first time to cheer on his partner. "Hello, Democrats!" he hollered, and the room roared in return. He called out Michelle, declared that Hillary had "rocked the house" and, striking his most respectful tone, thanked "President Bill Clinton, who reminded us what its like when you have a President who actually puts people first...
...uncharacteristic silence after a press conference. McCain's mind was clearly elsewhere, perhaps wondering how he ever got so close to the savings and loan crook Charles Keating Jr. during the go-go 1980s. "It won't always be like this," McCain finally told Salter. Recalls his friend Bill Cohen, then a Senator from Maine: "John had never felt so wounded, even in Vietnam, because his sense of honor had been challenged. And he was seething...
...from party man to party maverick. He forged alliances with Senators John Kerry, to normalize relations with Vietnam, and Ted Kennedy, to promote immigration reform. He crusaded against tobacco, steroids, corporate criminals, ultimate fighting, a sweetheart deal for Boeing and all kinds of pork. He crusaded for a patients' bill of rights and even a boxers' bill of rights. He got great press, and colleagues have often rolled their eyes at his ubiquitous television presence, but the Sunday shows wouldn't have invited him so often if he hadn't become so interesting - and so candid. "He's fascinating: basically...