years ago and saw him grow into his role that he served. he was there 40, 50 years. right. an interesting guy. yeah. i do remember when he ran for majority whip in the united states senate against ted kennedy and then the senator john tunney told me when the counts were voted three senators voted for robert byrd and spelled his name b-i-r-did. they were preged friends at the end of their ten yur. chrystia? i have a question for mark actually. does this have any impact on the passage of the financial reform legislation? it could. it s not clear now where democrats get that 60th vote. out of respect for senator byrd, there is very little speculation who his successor might be and how quickly that person could be in place. there is a democratic governor there, right? is there a democratic governor. a highly partisan democratic