Playbill

August, 2003

New York's Charles Rangel is one of the longest-serving members of Congress and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee. He was against invading Iraq but is in favor of reinstating the draft. Contributing Editor Warren Kalbacker--who met Rangel in his Harlem office for this month's 20Q--says Rangel is riled. "One of the reasons I'm seriously thinking about getting out of politics," Rangel told him, "is because my driving force is to make things better. It's no f...