U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., listens during a May meeting at the Senate Print Gallery in Washington, D.C.
published Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Distinction be damned. That's U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander's attitude toward "third-ranking Senate Republican" and "Republican conference chairman," two titles he's relinquishing this month in a move designed to free him of GOP orthodoxy.