with which he has endowably is associated and of which i think he felt great pride was the americans with disabilities act, again, passed during the first bush presidency. i often thought that dole was the first compassionate conservative. you know? it s not just what he went through after the war and the permanent scars that that left on him. this was a kid who grew up in depression era kansas, in the dust bowl. he s talked about his paper route, he interrupted by great rolling clouds of topsoil, you know, that were heading for russell, kansas, and a signal to head home and stuff wet towels under the doors in the hope you could keep the dust out. this was a family that famously had to move into the basement of that small house in russell,