I think he has an odd combination of longevity and long-windedness that passes for wisdom in Washington.
Gill justifiably twits Movie Critic Pauline Kael for long-windedness and openly recounts the depressions, breakdowns, bouts of alcoholism and premature deaths that struck a number .
Still, despite his long record of exaggeration and long-windedness including Biden's famous remark that Obama's was "clean," which marred the launch of Biden's campaign the .