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To: Mannie who wrote (17849)	10/26/2002 9:36:15 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104155

Sen. Paul Wellstone Editorial The Washington Post Saturday, October 26, 2002 IN HIS YOUTH Paul D. Wellstone was a wrestler, and it was as a fighter that many remembered him yesterday. He fought for the causes he believed in, even when they were doomed to defeat. Some may have found his persistent and passionate advocacy grating at times, but it was honest, dependable and valuable. His death in a plane crash yesterday, with his wife and daughter, campaign workers and pilots, was a sad loss for Minnesota and for the Senate. He spent a dozen years in Washington. During that time Sen. Wellstone went to bat on environmental and consumer issues, for workers, for the mentally ill and on a range of other causes. "In my mind he was the guy you could go to when everyone else opposed you," one advocate recalled. "He never caved in or sold out. He would stand up to the bitter end." He cast one of the few votes against the 1996 welfare reforms. One of his first Senate votes was against the Persian Gulf War; one of his last, a dissent from the resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq. He was the lone Democrat facing a tough race to vote against President Bush on this issue. Held up as the very model of a liberal Democrat, he nonetheless worked across the aisle on issues he believed in. He formed a lasting alliance with Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico to battle for expanded insurance coverage for mental illnesses. With Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) he championed an important piece of human rights legislation, trying to curb international trafficking of women. Earlier this year, when he revealed he had been diagnosed with a mild form of multiple sclerosis, Sen. Wellstone dismissed the illness as a little bit of trouble with his right leg, telling reporters: "I have a strong body, I have a strong heart, I have a strong soul." Many in Washington would have viewed that self-evaluation as, if anything, an understatement. © 2002 The Washington Post Company washingtonpost.com