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A decade ago, Republican senator John Warner was widely seen as a buffoon.(The Week)(Brief article)

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A decade ago, Republican senator John Warner was widely seen as a buffoon. Now he is stepping down, and his press could not be better. Warner "surprised everyone by becoming so much more than an elder statesman," wrote a Washington Post reporter, under the headline, "Warner's Career Marked by Courage to Buck Conventional Wisdom." Warner has not really changed. He has recently had the courage to join a group of senators who stopped windmills from being built near where they and their relatives sail. The golden coverage is a reward ...

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