Dear Editor: Stop the Sleaze

Dear Editor,

Time to see the fairness of a children's game. Time for men to stop and learn to do the same.

- The Kingston Trio

We know the story. But how did we react to it? Montana's highest federal office holder, US Senator Steve Daines, did what almost every small child is taught not to do. He was a bully -- the big kid on the block who would only let his close friends step onto the field and play the game.

That is the essence of the sleazy, deceptive, manipulative action Daines took by waiting until the last three minutes before withdrawing from his senate race. Although he had filed early...