Junior Gets Frisky

A CONSERVATIVE might be tempted to say that Democratic representative Harold Ford Jr. is growing in office. In 1999, Ford, then 29 years old, scored a perfect 100 in the annual index of congressional liberalism com piled by Americans for Democratic Action. But he slipped badly in 2000, managing only a 60. Last year, he was up a bit at 85, but still short of the per-

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Byron York

Byron York is a former White House correspondent for National Review.

A CONSERVATIVE might be tempted to say that Democratic representative Harold Ford Jr. is growing in office. In 1999, Ford, then 29 years old, scored a perfect 100 in the annual index of congressional liberalism com piled by Americans for Democratic Action. But he slipped badly in 2000, managing only a 60. Last year, he was up a bit at 85, but still short of the per-

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