Thankfully, the good dont always die young.

At approximately 3 am this morning, when most of you were asleep and I was fighting insomnia, Henry Hyde died. After serving 32 years as a Republican congressman for Illinois, representative Hyde had a whole host of accomplishments to be proud of, not the least of which is the Hyde-Smith law I mentioned in this post.

But of all his great achievements, one in particular stands out, both from a political and humanitarian perspective, That of course being "The Hyde Amendment" After the Burger Court found "shadows and penumbras" in the Constitution in 1973 Medicaid began funding abortions, by 1976 when the Hyde Amendment was passed over 300,000 American children had been slaughtered in the name of "reproductive freedom" And Henry Hyde did something about it. The Hyde Amendment made it illegal for the federal government to fund abortions through medicaid. A s a result, According to the NRLC, over 1,000,000 American children were saved from being murdered in the womb.

I'm not much of a religious guy, but I gotta believe that when this guy gets to the pearly gates, even Mother Theresa is going to want to shake his hand. After all how many people can honestly say that they have saved one life, much less one million?

RIP Representative Hyde, May the Angels welcome you with open arms, May god love you with an open heart, and may the blessings, and thanks of a grateful nation shower upon you and you kin.

National Review Online is doing a tribute to Representative Hyde.(so far) Articles can be found here, here, here, here, and here.