04-02-2009, 03:16 PM
If the charges had been thrown out before the election, Mr. McConnell said in an interview, “Ted Stevens would still be in the Senate.”
“It literally cost us a seat,” he said.
Wow, that is a totally hypothetical statement with no proof to back it up. Since the charges were thrown out for legal technicalities and not due to a last minute proof of his innocence, how many people would have really changed their mind about Stevens? I would question the idea that Alaskans were allowing the Dept of Justice to decide how they felt about him.