At 3:39 p.m. on Friday, June 13, Tom Brokaw interrupted NBC’s network ... attributing Russert’s profound knowledge of national politics to his superb qualities as a rubber stamp. “He respected ...

“I do have my own mind, and I’m not a rubber stamp. My stamp is the stamp of ... by voting against the last-minute deal brokered Friday to avert a government shutdown, something that he ...