The Brief: Top Texas News for Dec. 13, 2012

The Big Conversation:

Weeks away from leaving office, a candid Kay Bailey Hutchison on Wednesday opened up about some of the lingering regrets of her political career.

In an interview with WFAA-TV, Hutchison, who will retire at the end of the year after almost two decades in the U.S. Senate, spoke of her accomplishments throughout her tenure, including a homemaker retirement fund bill that she referenced yesterday in an emotional speech on the Senate floor.

But in the interview, Hutchison also reflected on some of the disappointments of her career, offering perhaps her most forthcoming remarks yet on her ...

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