His father was instrumental in getting the Immaculate Conception Church built and he never even asked that a pew be named for him. Whe I was young and foolish I worked on his first campaign becaise I thought he was like a Kennedy. Now that I am grown up, I realize I was right. I just didn't know what it meant then.
Yup. That's how I ended up on Beacon Hill. Worked for a good and decent person, however. Like an old Truman Democrat. Funny how one's view of the world changes as time slips by, isn't it?