CRANSTON DEFIANT IN FACE OF SENATE REBUKE.(Main)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | November 21, 1991 | Copyright

Byline: Bob Dart Cox News Service

A gaunt, defiant Sen. Alan Cranston accepted an Ethics Committee reprimand for his dealings with savings and loan operator Charles Keating on Wednesday, but the California Democrat denied he had acted differently than other senators in helping a contributor and constituent.

"Here, but for the Grace of God, stand you," Cranston told his colleagues on a hushed and somber Senate floor.

The emotional response from the 77-year-old Cranston, who is suffering from prostate cancer, came moments after the Ethics Committee ...

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