Franken-Lies-And-the-Lying-Liars-Who-Tell

them over there. That's not true. But he's a great friend, an amazing repository of knowledge,
very funny, and a great sounding board.
The most emotional chapter to write was, of course, the case study of the Wellstone
memorial. Thank you, David Wellstone, for your help. You know how I felt about your parents.
And Marcia did have a smile that lit up a room. Jeff Blodgett, Paul's campaign manager,
thank you for all your help and all your work. I'll be seeing you and David and Mark at
Wellstone Action events. David McLaughlin, thank you for allowing me to use your beautiful
words about your brother. And thank you, Ann Mulholland and Robert Richman.
Don Simpson, thank you for your unbelievable work on the illustrations. You are a
joy to work with and a real artist.
Wade Sanders was my consultant on "Operation Chickenhawk." A Swift Boat commander
in Vietnam himself, and former deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, Wade gave so
generously of his time. Thank you for that and for your service to our nation. And thanks to
John Kerry for hooking us up.
Max Cleland. Thank you for speaking with me. You are a hero. Bobby Kennedy, Jr.,
spent a morning with me and three members of TeamFranken and told us pig shit stories that
we will never forget. Thank you for your commitment and your fight. You are an inspiration.
Supply Side Jesus was Bradley Whitford's idea. That's right. The same guy who plays
josh Lyman on The West Wing. He didn't write it, though. He's just an actor. Bob Gunn, thank
you for your help with Jesus and for the emotional support.
Rick Davis, John McCain's former campaign manager, thank you for sharing your insights
into the South Carolina campaign. Joe Lockhart, Howard Fineman, Jonathan Alter,
Walter Isaacson, George Stephanopoulos, Mike McCurry Susan Zirinsky, Joe Peyronin, Andrew
Heyward, Erik Engberg, Mark Halperin, Dan Radmacher—thank you for allowing me
to understand your worlds a little better.
Thanks to my national security team: former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger;
former Secretary of Defense William Cohen; Jim Walsh, executive director of Managing the
Atom at Harvard; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
Ashton Carter, now co-director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at
the Kennedy School; former director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council
Daniel Benjamin, now senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. And