Although his biography has been well documented over the past couple of years, it's rarely noted that Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio spent part of his childhood in Las Vegas.
Actually, in his stump speech touting American Exceptionalism, Rubio would frequently invoke his hard working immigrant father tending bar in Vegas.
We bring up the issue because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – from Nevada – brought it up in a TV interview this week, on what advice he'd give the freshman from Florida, which you can view by clicking here.
This article appears in May 5-11, 2011.