symms civil rights 

 (I'm pinging you as I don't know whether this is on your watchlist on not), original research is material for which no reliable, published sources exist – are you suggesting that the New York Times is not a reliable source? It's the paper of record, man. How is that not reliable. The Associated Press is a reliable source as well. Also, it isn't our opinion, it's the opinion of "liberal opponents" as I noted in my edit. I'll remove the "terrible" part and just put "criticized by liberal opponents for his civil rights record", if you believe that will make it NPOV. Also, it isn't synthesis if I'm stating material not published by one of the sources. Symms himself even gave a reason for voting against a civil rights bill because, in his words, "It's just another layer of the federal government that we don't need" and that free market should determine how many housing units there are for disabled. I didn't state anything not explicitly stated by the source. I stated "criticized by liberal opponents". Indeed, in one of his liberal opponents, Marilyn Shuler of the Idaho Human Rights Commission, stated that "I'm saddened that, once again, Sen. Symms has chosen not to support civil rights legislation." I believe my edits were entirely sound. I'd like to hear an argument for why they weren't, but I'd need to hear it quickly.