3/21/10 Vote for final passage of the ACA. Anti ACA protestors are all around Capitol yelling obscenities, being intimidating. Ds meet in House office bldg b4 vote. After mtg, one suggests taking tunnel to Capitol for safety. John Lewis, “We’re crossing the street. Let’s go.” 
Lewis leads the way, they are jeered, hissed at, cursed at etc. However, many of the rank & file Ds are no longer scared to vote for healthcare. They want to own the vote. As one told me, “That was a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what John Lewis has gone through.”
Lewis also made an effort to make friends across the aisle. When Eric Cantor was a bogeyman for Democrats, Lewis brought him to Selma— politico.com/story/2013/02/…
From my trip to Selma. Rest easy good sir.
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