Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He had lost his senate seat in 2010 and for years bemoaned the shift in the Republican Party that made it difficult for moderates like himself. He switched parties in 2010 but it couldn’t keep him in Washington.
Todd Zwillich is The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent.
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