RIP, Rep. Lantos

Representative Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo dies at 80. As outspoken as he could sometimes be, he had unique credibility on the subject of human rights and the American Dream.

''It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground could have received an education, raised a family and had the privilege of serving the last three decades of his life as a member of Congress,'' Lantos said upon announcing his retirement last month. ''I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country.''

Representative Tom Lantos Dies at 80 - New York Times