Byrd Shows He’s Still Got Some Fight Left

• By Jessica Brady
• Roll Call Staff
• May 25, 2010, Midnight

Appearing fragile and speaking with a tremor, 92-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd spoke for 15 minutes at last week’s Rules and Administration Committee hearing on filibuster reform. Taking his perch on the dais with the help of a staffer and a wheelchair, the West Virginia Democrat delivered a prepared statement to a room of onlookers who seemed to hang on every word.