Reply #49: And yet he spoke out when nice, pure liberals kept silent.

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Back during the post-9/11 powergrab and the leadup to the Iraq War, Byrd was one of the very, very few to condemn the regime publicly. In a time like this, we have to take our (very few) allies where we can get them.

If we still have a country when Bu$h is finished with us, then we can debate Byrd's positions on sexuality, race, the environment, and the rest, and I can assure you that I will find them wanting. But in the meantime, I'm glad Byrd is standing up to these radicals.