Chapter Thirteen
Phil
Phillip Walters was a politician’s politician. He knew everyone and made sure that everyone knew him. It was almost impossible for Walters to walk into a room full of people and not immediately recognize half of them by name. He could work a room easily and with confidence and fit well into almost any political situation. His rise to power in the state legislature paled in comparison to his influence at national levels. Walters was the one man who lobbyists, congressmen and senators went to quietly when they needed someone annoying to be removed, permanently from the scene. His subtle, (and expensive), services were in demand abroad as well. Of course, Walters didn’t dirty his hands by doing the deed himself. He was, in his mind at least, too important for anything
