The Tributes Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Lindsey Graham

When a United States Senator dies and both Al Franken and Ted Cruz are genuinely heartbroken — at the same time, for the same man — you’re dealing with someone genuinely rare.

The tributes that poured in for Lindsey Graham over the weekend reveal something the day-to-day political combat often obscures: he was one of the most personally beloved figures in American politics. Not beloved by everyone — the leftist ghouls celebrating on social media made sure to remind us of that — but beloved by the people who actually knew him,