Originally posted by lizbud
I'm reminded of 1964, when only two Democratic senators - Ernest Gruening of Alaska and Wayne Morse of Oregon - voted against the Tonkin Gulf resolution, which took America into the Vietnam War. And they were called traitors by many at the time.
Here in Oregon we're very proud of Wayne Morse - he was one of the few politicians who wasn't afraid to speak his mind and stick by his convictions.

He finally lost his senate seat to a young ambitious Republican by the name of Bob Packwood.