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Dianne Feinstein deserved better

By Tiana Lowe Doescher
Published September 29, 2023 8:09pm ET
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Dianne Feinstein deserved better
In this June 12, 2013, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen to testimony from Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command before the Senate Appropriations Committee. U.S. authorities have said they are reducing the amount of time they will delay deporting the few immigrants in the country illegally awaiting congressional decisions to legalize their immigration status after lawmakers file so-called "private bills" supporting their last-ditch bids to remain in the country. Senators Durbin and Feinstein criticized the decision to change longstanding practices they said was made without consulting lawmakers. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dying doesn’t make anyone a saint, and despite the normal respect due to those in mourning, death isn’t an excuse to substitute an honest obituary with a hagiography. But while I will not stretch the truth to pay tribute to Dianne Feinstein, I must concede the obvious: For such a truly trailblazing public servant, the California senator deserved a better ending.

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