There are of course many war stories to be told about late 1985 through Februrary of 1986. One of the untold ones involves how a former Arizona Congressman (Sam Steiger by name) played a unique go between role, not once but twice. First time it was Sam who opened Cardinal Sin’s eyes about the American right. This was 1984. He did it because I asked him to.

Second time Sam was relaying information. One day, he called me instead and gave me a message from Paul Laxalt: “Dave, pull leather. Other guys may be okay, but we are riding with the Widow Aquino. She is the only one who has got what it takes.”

I shut up and stopped making recommendations.
Hung on, and they were right. He works in mysterious ways.