Reid Friendship With McConnell Helps Bridge Gap Between Parties
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They are public enemies and private friends, men who refuse to campaign against one another and are masters of the back-room deal.
It’s a partnership between two senators in their fifth terms who share common bonds amid ideological differences. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 71, a Democrat, and his Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell, 68, overcame childhood adversities -- Reid was raised poor in Searchlight, Nevada; McConnell had polio.