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Embracing ‘Braveheart,’ GOP Pols Seem Infatuated With Martyrdom

Lauding John Boehner as ‘our William Wallace,’ House GOP put self-indulgence before politics.

Alex Massie
Alex Massie
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Alex Massie

Alex Massie

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