June 20, 2006 2:19PM 

# A Living Monument … to So Much 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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A lovely [article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601756.html?sub=AR) about Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D‑WV) by Michael Grunwald in Sunday’s *Washington Post* shows the limits of Democrats’ fealty to pluralism, of Republicans’ devotion to limited government, and of the ability of congressional pork to lift a state out of poverty.

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