March 14, 1997 • Page Image 119
…Lessons From The Coburn Affair JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT by a variety of factors, including gen- uine revulsion over Mr. Coburn's com- plaints, anger about the hurt he caused and something more crude — political self-interest. The growing political presence of American Jews, and the implied mes- sage that support for Mr. Coburn could be politically costly, was one fac- tor in the swiftness and the power of the reaction to the ...…

















































