accomplished in his extraordinary life. i want to bring back rusty schweiker and astronaut tom jones who have been sharing their thoughts and reflections about john glenn. i thought it was very interesting that president kennedy and his brother, robert kennedy, wanted john glenn to run for public office, run for senate shortly after his first mission, but apparent wli john aid he thought it was too soon after his historic flight and he thought his duty was to nasa and he turned the offer down, tom. he thought he would be viewed as cashing in on his celebrity. he had the most celebrated ticker-tape parade in new york ever since charles lindbergh or the end of world war ii. he didn t want to be viewed as a guy cashing in on his nasa celebrity. he waited a while asking for further flight assignments.