My local paper writes a glowing, power worshipping obituary and finds 'sad ironies.'

Sad ironies surround Stevens's death. He survived a private Learjet crash in Anchorage in 1978 that killed his first wife, Ann, and four others, a tragedy that friends say haunted him. He was a former World War II pilot with a fondness for aviation projects, yet he told acquaintances of a premonition that he would die in one of the small, tinny airplanes that traverse Alaska's wilderness. He also survived a bout with prostate cancer. [emphasis added]

Not mentioned in the obit is that Ted Stevens affirmatively voted for torture. Sad ironies? He should have died in shame, perhaps in prison, for crimes against humanity. Instead, he died in a private plane on his way to a "salmon fishing camp." But that isn't really ironic. Just sad.

Byrd was a klansman, anti-gay bigot, and wholly owned by big coal.