E.J. Dionne Jr.: Byron Dorgan retirement a thunderclap (The Capital Times)

WASHINGTON — A politically shrewd Senate Democratic staff member chatting about the future of health care negotiations stopped in midsentence late Tuesday afternoon as news flashed across his computer screen. “My God,” he said. “Byron Dorgan is retiring.”

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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Byron Dorgan retirement a thunderclap (The Capital Times)