Mod on the move

By IAN DONNIS  |  November 5, 2008

There was nothing I could do about it. I did go to the groups — Club for Growth, in particular — and speak to them in person, to the top person, Pat Toomey. So I did everything I could, but they just ‘send a message,’ I guess. I don’t know what kind of a message [laughs].  

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