The 2018 opinion piece, while gutsy, was a sly justification for silence. The mask of anonymity is entwined with his alcoholism; his recovery only arrived when he spoke truthfully in his own name. Courage doesn’t always come on time, but as many an addict has ruefully remarked, it’s better late than never. in the Tea Party) serve less to implicate the pre-Trump G.O.P. than to flatter Adam Kinzinger, who always appears presciently distressed by the intransigent drift of his own party.

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