Blunt: Russert was a giant

Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt joined the bipartisan chorus of praise for Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert, who died of a heart attack Friday at age 58:

On the other side of the aisle, House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri said in a statement that it was “hard to quantify the influence that Tim Russert has had over political discourse in this country today.” He added that Russert “was more than his career. He was a man defined by his commitment to family and friends making him the giant that he truly was.”