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How to Survive a Scandal

Eric Massa, Charlie Rangel and David Paterson all need advice on how to survive the hot seat. Mark McKinnon on the lessons of a master: the late “Good Time Charlie” Wilson.

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As I watched New York Rep. Eric Massa resign his seat Monday, and as I think about Charlie Rangel, David Paterson and others who, in recent weeks, have had to deal with ethics investigations and “behavior” problems, I can’t help but be reminded of the recently deceased political Houdini of...

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