[Flick Lives]

centrist Democratic senators

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That species died out long ago with the likes of Daniel Patrick Moynihan or Henry Jackson.

[Bonemaker]

“That species died out long ago with the likes of Daniel Patrick Moynihan or Henry Jackson.”

Moynihan is what passed for a democrat “centrist”. He was against gun control but wanted to ban ammunition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/02/01/ban-bullets-an-idea-from-sen-moynihan/83ee076d-c32d-4d22-aa34-be679a5c6dc9/?utm_term=.1c5417816a82