“Five years ago at the unveiling of Harry’s official portrait, I said, ‘It’ll be quite some time until we see another like Harry Mason Reid.’ Five years later, that statement remains as true as ever. He was one of a kind.” “Throughout his more than four decades of public service, and even at the highest levels, he never forgot his North Star: to fight for working families like his own and to fight for Nevada.” “At a time when so many Americans across the political spectrum apply strict purity tests to our politicians, demanding they toe the line on just about every issue, at a time when, so often, compromise is portrayed as weakness, Harry had a different view.” “Like every great leader, he led the Democratic caucus just not by speaking, but by listening, by hearing all points of view, finding a common ground. Harry cared so much about his fellow Americans, and so little about what anybody thought of him. It was all Searchlight, no spotlight.”
Top Democrats Honor Former Senator Harry M. Reid at Memorial
