Ran across this at TPM. As Feingold was one of 3 Senators who didn't sign the SS letter to Bush, Marshall checked and found that he's not in town. This is why...Sylvia Feingold, the mother of U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, died Wednesday at age 86.
Mrs. Feingold died at the family's home in Janesville after a brief illness, according to friends of the family.
In a prepared statement, Feingold said his mother "was a wonderful woman who imparted a deep love for life to everyone she knew."
Services were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home, Janesville, with Rabbi Darryl Crystal officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison. Condolence calls may be made at the Feingold home, 1207 Vista Ave., Janesville, at 7 p.m. today and Saturday, where a Jewish worship service will also be held on both evenings at that time. On Sunday, condolence calls and a service will be held at the home of Nancy Feingold, 110 Alden Dr., Madison, WI 53705.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=30823&ntpid=5The TPM link
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_02_27.php#004998