but i have to think that the service would have been meant the most to bob dole is the one at st. mary s church in russell on saturday morning. bob dole had a certain sharp edge, he could be pretty caustic, but he would be moved to tears, even in the final years of his life, remembering what the people of russell did for him, when he came back to war with such as grievous injuries, 39 months of are habilitation. they took him back in, they elected him to local office, they sent him to congress, they participated in sending him to the senate to remember kansas and i remember his first announcement of his first of three presidential bids in russell, what an emotional occasion that was. nearly everybody in town came out to send off bob dole. and we ve seen the bipartisanship, you know, we see that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell sitting next to each other, because of protocol there