bipartisan support. bret: there on the senate side of the capitol, a balcony named after him when he left the senate in 1996 just steps from the republican leader's office. >> big letters or neon or -- [laughter] >> bret: colleagues hat informally referred to balcony as dole's beach as he frequently held meetings there. on his last day as senator his colleagues voted to make it official. >> senate resolution 258 to designate balcony f230 and f2031 as robert j dole balcony. [applause] bret: the robert j dole balcony is a tribute to the service he made within the halls of congress but also to his membership in the dwindling group of americans who served their country in world war ii.