Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber. I don’t know that I would’ve said that out loud pre-my announcement that I was going to be leaving. [Laughter] But I think that’s true.
— Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), to Bloomberg Businessweek, speaking candidly about what being a member of a highly partisan Congress is really like.
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