Clarence Page: Congress needs to protect future elections too
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Jun 17, 2022
3 minutes
Sometimes in the art of political stagecraft, an entire debate can shift on a single statement.
Former Nixon aide John Dean comes to mind. His declaration during the Watergate hearings of “a cancer growing on the presidency” stands out as a pivotal moment that helped grease President Richard Nixon’s slide from office to early retirement.
A similarly pivotal moment seemed to show itself on the third day of Jan. 6 committee hearings, when J.
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