Opinion: U.N. Treaty Vote Defies Even Dole

It may be difficult for many to remember how formidable Bob Dole was. The respected lion of the Senate, former Senate majority leader and standard-bearer of the Republican Party in 1996 worked miracles across the aisle with Democrats. It was a different era.

And that’s why it was so heartbreaking to see the 89-year-old Kansan, in his wheelchair, return to the Senate floor trying, in vain, to persuade fellow Republicans to vote for an international treaty to ban discrimination against people with disabilities.