And sometimes people defend moderation and give it a bad name because moderation gets defended sometimes as a kind of mindlessness. as if the middle was the place to be. as if by definition. as if the arithmetic means was always the right place. Ham Fish was moderate in his approach. and. yes. he was a great legislator. and he could compromise and bring people together. but it is because he started from somewhere. He did not walk out and say. "OK. whats the middle of this issue and how can I be a big hero by talking about what a middleoftheroader I am?" He had passionate and firm convictions on immigration. on racial justice. on other areas. He understood how to legislate. and that is a talent unfortunately scorned these days in many quarters rather than celebrated. So I consider this country to have been enormously enriched by Ham Fishs service on the judiciary committee as a senior Republican. a man who. as we know. was not always in accord with his party on all issues but who understood the importance of party in this country and showed.
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