[Steely Tom]

He was a big conservative hopeful for a few years. Was on the cover of National Review at least once.

[elcid1970]

I met him once in 1975 when he visited Fort Sheridan IL.

Up & coming conservative star in the 1970’s when conservative wasn’t cool.

RIP Phil Crane.

[Politicalkiddo]

RIP, sir.

[Agamemnon]

I voted for Phil Crane in the 1980 (R) primary. Liked him better than Reagan at the time. A longstanding ideological Jack Kemp ally

FReegards!

[Lurker]

I met him once. Nice man and a solid conservative. RIP Mr. Crane.

[laplata]

RIP

[chajin]

Crane would have made a much better VP than GHWB.

[fatnotlazy]

I don’t remember Rep. Crane, but he sounded like a good guy.

Rest in peace, Congressman.

[Monterrosa-24]

He was Mr. Conservative and it seems there was always a 100 beside his name in the conservative ratings. He was very handsome and very intellectual. He authored a great book called THE SUM OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.

I met him on a couple of occasions. He was very unpretentious and very nice to an awkward young (back then I was young) conservative. His brother Dan was also a great conservative congressman.

The world seems like a smaller place now that Phil Crane is gone.

[Maurice Tift]

   He came to talk to a group of Teenage Republicans at our get together in DC in 1979 (and I think 1980 as well). All of us were very impressed.

[rabidralph]

Hard to imagine a district that elects Rumsfeld and Crane turns democrat.

[EternalVigilance]

RIP.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP. Sadly, he stayed longer than he should have and was battling the bottle, which didn’t help in his loss to Bean.

[ScottinVA]

A string, reliable conservative representative for many years. RIP Rep. Crane.

[TBP]

Very sorry to hear this. He was a fine Congressman, a presidential candidate, and an alumnus of my alma mater. His book is very good.

[TBP]

Very sorry to hear this. He was a fine Congressman, a presidential candidate, and an alumnus of my alma mater. His book is very good.

[dalereed]

Solid conservative, sent him $1,000 for his primary against Reagan, wish he would have won.

[ExCTCitizen]

RIP...Mr Crane...you are a Tea Party member before the Tea Party existed.

[Dick Bachert]

R.I.P. Phil. Please give my regards to our friend and yours, Larry McDonald.

[mountainfolk]

Rest in Peace Phil Crane. We met him when he campaigned for our congressman in NC. So many other good conservative congressmen, Steve Simms, Bob Bowman, Larry McDonald, Phil Crane. They formed a Truth Squad and toured the country, spreading the truth about democrat lies. Good guys all.
Dr. Crane, Phil Crane's father, had a syndicated newspaper column, helping families and couples both medically and psychologically. We liked his old fashioned remedies and common sense advice, now with the spiffier name of Holistic medicine. He was of course, up to date on modern medicine and approach.
The Cranes were quite a productive family with traditional American values. Bless them all.