John Warner: 30 years in U.S. Senate

The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | December 21, 2008 | Tyler Whitley

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There were worries in ‘94 that North couldn’t beat Robb one-on-one. I thought he might be too controversial myself and supported Reagan’s Budget Director Jim Miller. RINOs weren’t going to vote for North and went with Marshall Coleman (alas, had I been a VA voter at the time, I’d likely have cast a vote for Coleman, but I was a bit more pragmatic at the time, which changed with my disillusionment over what RINOs ultimately did to sabotage the Conservative movement — of course, I had a more important vote(s) to cast in TN that year when I voted for Frist and Fred). North probably would’ve won had Doug Wilder stayed in the race (and it was hard to overstate how much he and Robb HATED each other), but Wilder put party over petty hatred, and that’s how they managed to hold on. Too bad we don’t have enough Republicans that showed as much character and loyalty as Wilder demonstrated in that election.