 Biden was prepared to give up his hard-earned seat before he ever occupied it, but a delegation of Democratic senators assured him they would provide special assistance if he would come to Washington. In a poignant public appearance in the hospital room with his sons, Biden announced that he would try to serve in the Senate but would resign if it didn't work. He planned to come home to Wilmington on the Amtrak every night. Delaware can always get another senator, he said, but my boys can't get another father.