What on Earth could have transformed Mitch McConnell from a baron of subdivision drainage and park maintenance 30 years ago into the bare-knuckled power-wielder for the nation’s elites? Louisvillian George Morrison recalls an encounter that may have shaped McConnell into the man -- and politician -- we know today.
If you’re in your fifties, you’ll forget a few things, and that means you’ll leave your coat behind on days when the weather is so unseasonably nice that you forgot you brought it.
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