HARRY: Money, Mob & Influence EXCERPT FROM Chapter 6 The Gaming Commission Exclusive To Free Republic After Reid’s early political career is interrupted by a failed Senate run in 1974, his next epic quest comes in 1977 when he was chosen by then Gov. O'Callaghan to run the Nevada Gaming Commission. Did Reid near singlehandedly run the mob out of Vegas as the cultivated myth seems to imply? Reid’s own account of his selection to chair the Commission sheds some light: I woke today after the mayoral election a 35-year-old has been. I assumed that I was finished with...