John Boehner: “Twenty years ago, while serving as chairman of the U.S. House Republican Conference, I tried to persuade Scalia to become Senator Bob Dole’s running mate on the 1996 GOP presidential ticket. And out of a sense of duty, he listened.”
Boehner Wanted Scalia as Dole’s Running Mate
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