Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., has endorsed Barack Obama for President. [1]
As reported by Ben Smith:
Byrd, 91, a master of Senate rules and Iraq war foe, has spent much of his political career repenting the racism of his youth. He’s acknowledged having joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942, and campaigned against civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
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