in a crowded field of mostly senior state officials running in the democratic primary. i had just been assigned to the orlando sentinel. bob graham came in second in that primary which forced a runoff. the night before the second primary i had dinner with a bunch of florida reporters who were covering the race and we went round the table predicting who would win the next day. and everyone there with the exception of one person who was not me, predicted that bob graham would lose the next morning to charity general bob chevan. so much for the wisdom of the florida press corps. of course bob graham won the run up runoff then went on to serve two terms as governor in three terms as the united states senator from florida. the highlight of that career undoubtedly came 12 years ago when he and installed made as president of the national press club. also of note senator graham was chairman of the senate intelligence committee on september 11, 2001 and chair the joint senate and