Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.

I was no great fan of the Senator,  despite his status as a  genuine war  hero.  I could never decide if the heroism which earned him the Medal  of Honor drove him to be bold even when wrong,  or whether the adulation made him think he couldn’t be wrong.   At any rate,  he became a king in terms of  political power,   and was probably second only to Sen. Robert Byrd in terms of earmarking pork for his home state of Hawaii.