Bill Bradley: The Priest At The Party

He says he hasn't decided about running for President. But BILL BRADLEY--former Senator and NBA star--does want to be the Democrats' conscience

There is a power in giving up power," Bill Bradley is saying, "and I didn't expect that." The former NBA star and three-term Senator from New Jersey explains that after he left public office in 1996, he kept right on talking about his signature issues--race relations, global trade, economic stress, campaign-finance reform--"and people would come up and say, 'So you really believe the things you've always said? You weren't just trying to manipulate us for our votes?' And I'd say, 'No, this is what I feel.'" Bradley gives an impish grin, as if he had just admitted to something wild and...

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