Henry Hyde, RIP

Henry Hyde, a long-time Republican congressman from Illinois, who's been retired for a few years, died today. He was 83.

I remember him well, especially from the Reagan years. I can still remember catching the occasional snippet of a congressional debate on C-Span, and there Hyde would be, energetically taking part in the debates, his white mane of hair bobbing as he emphasized his points, defending aid to the Contras or Reagan administration support for the anti-communist government of El Salvador or making the anti-abortion case. He fought the good fight. RIP...