A Pryor Commitment

The Associated Press has been given an advanced copy of David Pryor's autobiography, "A Pryor Commitment." Among the topics include discussion of a 1978 Senate race against a young and ambitious Bill Clinton and his relationship with Reagan and McCain.

He also talks about his defeat to Sen. John McClellan in 1972, which prompted him to abandon politics and stop reading the newspaper for months. Regrets? He wishes he'd have opposed the war in Vietnam sooner, and he thinks he was too tentative in his approach to early civil rights battles. The book will be released on September 16 and is being published by the University of Arkansas Press. Here's more.