Robert C. Byrd, who rose from the poverty of West Virginia coal country to become the sage and conscience of U.S. Senate in a political career stretching more than half a century, died Monday. He was 92.
Byrd's desk in the Senate chamber was draped in black, in recognition both of his longevity _ he served longer and cast more votes than any senator in history _ and the tenacity in which he defended the traditions and prerogatives of the Senate.
Brandishing his copy of the U.S. Constitution that he always carried with him, he resisted any attempt to diminish the role of the Senate, as in the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq when he was one of the …
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