u.s. senator, this may be his best shot. >> stephanie, there are whispers that the double secret strategy is maybe to get a 73 years old, four decade veteran of washington by way of commonwealth of massachusetts to consider to step aside and retiring and enjoying his life. >> that's brewing among the chatter in the state. you had the secret poll, you see a group of who kennedy looked at in the past to draft for the senate. the next step is for some public polling to come out in the next month or two. kennedy's poll is slightly ahead of markey and if the polling looks bad for the incumbent that may mean for him to retire. markey's campaign says there is no chance this will happen.