Flashback: Specter Leaves Democratic Party, Becomes A Republican In 1965

Sen. Arlen Specter (recently D-PA) discusses his 1965 decision to leave the Democratic Party and become a Republican to run for district attorney in Philadelphia, in a 2001 interview with C-SPAN. Philadelphia in 1965 was "very corrupt," Specter says.

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