Reid thinks The Swimmer and the Klansman are two "Greatest" Americans

Bill Clinton excuses Robert Byrd's KKK membership.

Bill "Fetch me coffee" Clinton calls Byrd's Klan Membership as fleeting....
Byrd was a member for many years. He might not have been a member when he filibustered the Civil Rights Bills in the Senate.Or when he voted against every black person who was nominated for the Supreme Court.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, R.I.P.

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, died early this morning. He was 92.
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The Byrd Rule was never, never,never .....

Intended to be a shield for
controversial legislation
-Senator Robert Byrd