HUFFINGTON POST: Former Sen. Arlen Specter has been hospitalized with a “serious illness,” friends and family of the Pennsylvania lawmaker confirmed to Philly.com on Monday.
According to the Philadelphia Daily News’ Dan Gross, sources declined to comment on the nature of the 82-year-old’s condition…
Specter, who switched party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in 2009, retired from the Senate after losing his 2010 Democratic primary to Joe Sestak. He served in the Senate for 30 years… (more)
