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Sen. John Walsh’s message was timestamped 1441 MDT, reading in part:
The 2007 research paper from my time at the U.S. Army War College has become a distraction from the debate you expect and deserve. I am ending my campaign so that I can focus on fulfilling the responsibility entrusted to me as your U.S. Senator. You deserve someone who will always fight for Montana, and I will.
Walsh made the decision that had to be made, and announced it with a gracefulness that does not always characterize such announcements. I’ll provide analysis tomorrow. Today, I thank him for his service in the Senate and for running for the Senate. I truly wish this had turned out differently, not just because of what is at stake, but because a fundamentally good man is paying so heavy a price for a moment of weakness so many years ago. His campaign’s denouement was necessary, but it doesn’t seem fair.
My best wishes to the Senator, his family, and to those in his Senate and campaign offices who have worked for him so hard and so loyally.