JJM, I pause in my reading to note that “Bentivolio” means “I love you a whole lot.” (Think of it in three words — in today’s Italian, “Ben ti voglio.”) I hope the voters of the 11th District agree. Although no one will ever match McCotter for offbeat panache.
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Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.
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