c.e.o. of common cause suddenly died this morning at his home he was sixty nine bob who served the state of pennsylvania in congress for twelve years became the president and c.e.o. of common cause in may of two thousand and seven during six terms in the u.s. house bob led efforts to improve public transportation fought wasteful water projects and authored the community right to know provision of the superfund legislation i had the privilege of speaking with bob many times right here on the big picture and on my radio show he was a true champion of holding those in power out of all for their actions and his tireless work is extraordinary voice and his overwhelming action will be greatly missed. you need to know this in the coming days and weeks the national media will spend hours and hours day after day analyzing just exactly what last monday's boston marathon bombing means for among other things civil liberties immigration and of course the future of the so-called war on terror however one of the biggest stories to coddle last week's chaos isn't so much what the media was reporting but how