“Just reading books. I’ve got 25 books on my night stand. Actually 26… I got a bunch of them there I’d like to read. But that, honestly, a little R and R and a lot of pleasure reading is what I’d like to do.”
— Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), quoted by the New York Times last year, on what he wanted to do once leaving office.
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