Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who died on April 16, was ahead of his time.
For purposes of this observation, it was not so much for his joining forces with his Intelligence Committee chairman counterpart, fellow Floridian Porter Goss, to argue for a restructuring of the intelligence community. Or the threat of al-Qaida and Hezbollah to U.S. interests. Or his observation that his home state was dealing with issues the rest of America would face in due time: immigration, unchecked growth and environmental degradation.
No, it was for something he did that many thought downright odd at the time — but a good chunk of his fellow Americans would eventually come around to with equal obsession.
