Obituary: Bob Dole

The World War 2 combat veteran deserves to be remembered as a patriot

American Army soldier Robert J. Dole

“God has a plan for all of us,” Bob Dole, who died this week, once told an interviewer. That’s an apt quote to capture his political philosophy as a United States senator. Dole was pragmatic, supporting every major advancement of the welfare state with few exceptions. Throughout his career as a statesman, Dole formula…