>>> and we've lost a real american patriot. former new hampshire senator warren rudman . senator rudman was a straight talking yankee who tried to set the country on a path towards balance budgets with his landmark rudman budget law. at the time the reagan deficit was $200 million. now our deficit is more than $1 trillion. a former prosecutor, senator rudman served on the senate ethics committee investigating five fellow senators, the keating five. very difficult assignment. he played a key role during iran-contra when he grilled oliver north .
>> the american people have the constitutional right to be wrong. and what ronald reagan thinks or what oliver north or i think or anybody else thinks makes not a thing if the american people say enough. there comes a point that the views of the american people have to be heard.
>> warren rudman saw action and was awarded a bronze star for combat in korea. he once told former defense secretary casper weinberger from his own party his talk of a, quote, limited nuclear war was assanine. he did not seek re-election saying i can see the republican party was being taken over by a movement conservatives and self-commissioned christian soldier whose social agenda i found repugnant. he was 82 years old. he died of lymphoma.
>> the american people have the constitutional right to be wrong. and what ronald reagan thinks or what oliver north or i think or anybody else thinks makes not a thing if the american people say enough. there comes a point that the views of the american people have to be heard.
>> warren rudman saw action and was awarded a bronze star for combat in korea. he once told former defense secretary casper weinberger from his own party his talk of a, quote, limited nuclear war was assanine. he did not seek re-election saying i can see the republican party was being taken over by a movement conservatives and self-commissioned christian soldier whose social agenda i found repugnant. he was 82 years old. he died of lymphoma.