Beckel and Me: An Odd Couple

Co-host Bob Beckel attends Fox News’ “The Five” at Fox Studios on Feb. 26, 2014, in New York City. Beckel, who ran Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign and co-hosted more than 700 episodes of “The Five,” has died. He was 73. Noam Galai/Getty Images

Commentary

As often happens among the political class in Washington, we met on television debating each other. I liked him immediately, despite our political and even religious differences.