John Spratt's legacy: landmark accomplishments and reminders of a more civil time

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : An intellectual feastSpratt's father, John Sr., was a prosperous lawyer, bank chairman and active Democrat.
59% : The result was what became the landmark 1993 settlement that gave the Catawbas $50 million, federal recognition and the right to expand their reservation.
45% : ''It's difficult to negotiate arms reduction with an adversary when you don't know what that adversary has in his military nuclear production complex or in his arsenal," he told the New York Times.
37% : His friend Erskine Bowles of Charlotte had just become chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, who wanted a budget deal.

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