On Tuesday, Leahy, who is retiring this year after representing Vermont
in the Senate since 1975, released “The Road Taken,” an engrossing
memoir that covers his long career, from his politically fraught vote
against the Vietnam War to his account of rallying his fellow senators
back into the chamber on Jan. 6 after they fled the mob that stormed the
Capitol. In between, you meet dozens of politicians, Supreme Court
Justices, presidents, world leaders, musicians, and Hollywood
celebrities.

 

Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is the president pro tempore of the United
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