and called you his friend and he cared about you with every fiber of his being. sometimes you could even say he cared a little too much. you know, landra wasn t the only woman i ve seen harry kiss passionately on the lips. it was back in 2006 harry and i were watching the election returns together. they announced our friend
that, he and landra headed for the door. pragmatism, adaptability, a premium on getting things done, a lack of pretension, and abiding loyalty. that s what harry reid represented. a man of old-school virtues. they are qualities that are in short supply these days. and yet, it seems to me they are precisely the qualities our democracy requires. harry understood, we don t have to see eye-to-eye on everything. in order to live together.
it s a debt to him that i could never fully repay. i remember toward the end of my time in the white house, michelle and i invited harry and landra over for dinner along with joe and jill and nancy and paul and chuck and iris. and during the meal, harry was his usual curmudgeonly self, occasionally he d offer an opinion on this or that, mutter about the food was pretty good, but generally, he was keeping his own counsel. but at the end of the night, those who were there, i suspect, will remember this. i sure do. harry suddenly asked for everyone s attention.
fiber of his being. sometimes, you could even say he cared a little too much. you know, landra wasn t the only woman i ve seen harry kiss passionately on the lips. it was back in 2006. harry and i were watching the election returns together. they announced our friend, claire mccaskill, was the winner of the senate race in missouri, and we would take back the senate, and i kid you not, harry went up to the tv screen and smacked claire, his lips on hers, his lips remained attached of the tv screen for a full ten seconds. he kissed claire s image so passionately, i had to get up and wipe the copious spittle off the tv screen. that s how much we all loved harry. so, harry, in short, was one of the most incredible individuals i ve ever met.