<font color=red><b>Exclusive:</b></font> Former Vice President Walter Mondale on Senator Tom Eagleton

Below are comments by former Vice President Walter Mondale on Senator Tom Eagleton:

Tom Eagleton was one of the most important public men of our time. Brilliant, gutsy, funny, serious, loyal, progressive, and impatient, he was a central figure in our nation's high tide of civic reform and social justice. If you wonder whether it is possible for a public official to be honest, caring and selfless and worthy of your trust, just look at the life of Tom Eagleton; Tom was that way every day of his life.