You are just a wealth of information, fieldmarshal. Interesting story.
I hesitated on posting it, especially given that this was an obit thread, but I noted they completely omitted mentioning his run for Congress. I wonder if Mr. Crean ever genuinely regretted the tone of his campaign (though I imagine the mindset at the time was that failure to be aggressive would result in a loss, but it was well worth noting that unlike in heavily 'Rat bailiwicks, running a less-than-respectable campaign isn't well regarded by Republican voters).