I came out to help Cynthia because she spoke truth to power. She was a correct, courageous and principled voice for women, consumers and minorities, for education, human rights and civil liberties, for a sane, accountable and even-handed foreign policy. Cynthia was unbought, unbossed, and unbowed. Although the nearest edge of her district was 35 miles from my home north of the city, this was just plain important. The Right had declared its intention to oust her, had raised and bankrolled a black puppet candidate. As a five-term incumbent, the race was McKinney's to lose. Despite the avalanche of outside...