So he was the one who made that quote years ago, and I thought it was one of the Rockerfellers or Kennedys.
That’s ancient political history.
Graves can win this by being gracious to the old man, and saying his (Graves) experience is more recent. And Oh, he has never spent years locked away in jail, not that there’s anything wrong with serving your time, once convicted./
The “quote” has been around for a long time, I can’t remember who or what campaign but it was in louisiana, probably Huey Long, edwards just “accomodated” it, nothing new or unexpected from a democrat.