[CGalen]

Percy was a hard line liberal. Percy wanted strict gun control, including the outlawing of all handguns. In 1972, there was a serious effort to pass a federal law prohibiting and confiscating all handguns from American civilians, and Percy was a main supporter to forever ban civilian ownership of handguns in the USA .

[Captain Peter Blood]

All true but I also think Percy was from an era of decent people who did love their country.
There is no room anymore for people like Percy in Politics, it has all turned vicious.
At least Percy had been a successful businessman and had real world experience before he went into politics.
Now we have the era of the professional politician, one that has never had a real job ever.