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NATION, Page 39American NotesWASHINGTONWright's Wrong Man
His children were taunted by schoolmates, so they were sent to
stay with friends. He received more than 500 angry telephone calls,
including some death threats. Women members of Congress demanded
his resignation.
Last week John Mack, 35, gave in and quit as the top
legislative aide to House Speaker Jim Wright. The furor had stemmed
from the Washington Post's curiously timed recounting of Mack's
savage knife and hammer assault on college student Pamela Small
more than 15 years ago. After serving only 27 months in a county
jail for the felony, he had been hired as a $9,000-a-year clerk by
Wright, whose daughter was married to Mack's brother.
"I wish I could rewrite the past, but unfortunately I can't,"
said Mack, probably the most influential staffer on Capitol Hill.
Insisted Speaker Wright, who loses his right-hand man as he faces
a bitter survival struggle over his ethics problems: "I was willing
to give this young man another chance, and I have never had
occasion to regret it."