trained in high school under future nevada governor michael callahan who became his political mentor. reid worked nights as a capitol police officer to pay his wait through law school at george washington university. and survived an attempted car bombing by the mob during his tenure as chairman of the nevada gaming commission. >> make sure you are going to work as hard as you can at trying to do what you want to do. i believe that's a lesson for everyone. a little boy from search light has been able to be part of a changing state of nevada. i'm grateful i have been part of that change. >> within d.c. circles, reid may be best remembered for enacting the nuclear option, the historic set reid and democratic colleagues took in november 2013 to prevent filibustering on presidential nominations. after retiring, reid co-founded a public policy think tank at unlv with former house speaker