No one could rightly say that ponderous David Ignatius Walsh was a wild-eyed New Dealer who threw monkey wrenches at business. David Walsh is a conservative Democrat who has held his seat in the U.S. Senate for 26 years; along the way he has done many a favor for Massachusetts manufacturers and businessmen, many of them Republicans.
No one could rightly say that Dave Walsh was a darling of the Left and an apple of the Communists' eye. Dave Walsh is a Catholic, and hates Communism.
But Henry Cabot Lodge, his opponent in the Senate race, rightly could and did say last week:...