This has to be one of the coolest things Russ Feingold has done... other than those "I know Wisconsin like the back of my hand" commercials:
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_133/news/35043-1.html
I knew there was a reason that I voted for him when I lived in Wisconsin. Don't we already have a holiday that honors these things... its called President's Day. If we are going to start with honoring presidents separately, we certainly aren't going to start with Reagan.
There are a lot of reasons to love Russ... aside from the Campaign Finance Reform bill which carries his, and John McCain's, name, there is also his vote against the war in Iraq, his opposition to the Patriot Act, and his stance on same-sex marriage: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12853948 But, by far the most compelling reason to love Russ has to be his opposition to the outrage that is the FISA bill: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/10/feingold-fisa-law-a-blackmark-on-country-terrible-piece-of-legislation/
It is certainly too bad that the Draft Russ! initiative (http://www.petitiononline.com/feing08/petition.html) couldn't quite convince the senator to run for president. His arguments were compelling though. And I do believe that he has the ability to get more done in congress than he may have been able to as president. Thank you Russ for all of your service, and we really appreciate your strong voice in congress. May you have a Byrd-length run in the senate.
And as for those commercials that I spoke of earlier:
but this one gives you a better idea of who Russ is:
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