In trying to be post-racial, says Newsweek columnist Ellis Cose, the man who might have been Alabama's first black governor ignored his base. We can't all be Barack Obama.

Is this the James Byrd Jr. incident for the new millennium?

But not all of the CBC's members agree, including House Majority Whip James Clyburn. So how far will their resolution go?

The call reveals that Coleman's wife panicked and initially refused to respond to the dispatcher's instructions after he suffered a head injury.