It's not that they don't mention it, it's that it's a non-issue. if he had an "R" after his name he'd have been run out of Congress.
Saying something nice about someone formerly in the KKK at his birthday party is enough to get you booted from the Republican party leadership, after all. The current VP saying "we'll not see his like again" in a complementary manner, OTOH is fine.
Byrd was a scumbag, plains and simple. He abused his power to secure "pork" and was a member of an organization that would disqualify him for office with any electorate that had any decency.
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