I’m not familiar with Steiger.
” in 1969 he employed the future Vice President Dick Cheney as an intern.”
Wow.
He was always one of those “What if ?” guys, had they not died early or bombed out career-wise. He was big on championing tax cuts, but he was also more left on social issues. Had he moved rightward on the latter, he might very well have been Presidential material. That combo wouldn’t work today and he wouldn’t be well-regarded (and as I’ve said, you can’t be for both since social leftism requires high taxation).