Ihad the privilege of serving in the United States Congress alongside the late civil rights icon,John Lewis. In the moments when partisan tempers flared and the divide in Congress seemed atits deepest, John would rise from his seat, wait for silence and remind us all, “We may havecome to this country on different ships, but we’re all in the same boat now.”

He never surrendered his convictions, but he never weaponized them either. He understood that leadership meant building bridges, not burning them.

Today’s Congress feels a world apart from that kind of statesmanship. Too often, political theaterhas replaced principle. That contrast could not be clearer than in Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s recentdecision to appear in a video urging members of the military to disobey orders from President Donal

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