...and Congressman Larry McDonald even though Larry was a Democrat he had the most conservative voting record in the House. Crane and McDonald were both intellectual strict-constructionists and both were as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.
Shortly after Reagan’s coronation the conservative movement lost both Congressman John Ashbrook (mysterious stomach bleeding) and Congressman Larry McDonald (Korean Airlines Flight 007 shootdown).
I appreciate the extra info!
Phil Crane and Jesse Helms were also supposed to be on KAL 007, the flight on which Larry McDonald was murdered.
Phil Crane once asked Larry McDonald why he was a Democrat. “In my district, you have to be,” he said. Maybe not today, Congressman.