But they won't.
West Virginians will revere Robert Byrd until the end of time for two reasons:
1.) Through his long service, Byrd was able to accumulate enough seniority to direct some of the spoils of modern government toward improve the lives of many of the sorry citizens of his backward, woefully underdeveloped state. And,
2.) They know the guy was KKK, and a hoopie through and through, so they love him, even though the KKK is all Republican now.
I don't think Byrd was anywhere near as big a bucket of shit as Robert E. Lee was, though. That guy was a motherfuckin' traitor.