System, Not Byrd, Is to Blame
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Your extensive coverage of Sen. Byrd concluded with the senator’s decision to “turn the other cheek.”
It would appear that the noble senator is telling the American taxpayer outside West Virginia to kiss his royal behind.
JOSEPH L. WEISS
Los Angeles
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