 and his ambition to become chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And at that time, Claiborne Pell out of Rhode Island was in his late 70s, showing signs of Parkinson's disease that he'd later disclose. And Biden was asked if given Pell's diminished capacity, he'd make a move to replace him. He said, that poor son of a bitch. He said Pell was no longer up to the job. But like so many of his elderly colleagues, Pell couldn't imagine life outside of Congress.