Alan Simpson: “And a supportive spouse. Anyone in this line of work that does not have a supportive spouse is in for anguish. I have…”

“And a supportive spouse. Anyone in this line of work that does not have a supportive spouse is in for anguish. I have had a most remarkable woman at my side for 42 years. And as she said to me one day in a spirit of the campaign, she said, ``Wait a minute. Don't give me that. I'm a volunteer in this outfit.'' I remember that very well. But let me tell you, this is a consuming exercise and the sooner we learn that we are not partisans, we are not Democrat and Republican; we are colleagues in the U.S. Senate, the better. I learned it fast because I was the ranking junior Republican to Ted Kennedy, Al Cranston and Gary Hart when I came, and all three of them were running for President. I said, ``You run for President and I won't embarrass you, but let's not have any of this stuff,'' and never did. It was a tremendous experience. So I will now be going on to Harvard to teach. Yes, I know that is shocking to some but quite stimulating to others. Some even fell out of the gallery on that. Going to Harvard to teach. I will be at the Kennedy School of Government, to be a visiting professor there, the Lombard chair, after preparing my syllabus, whatever that is. And I shall teach, and the teaching will be the course called ``Creative Legislation, Congress and the Press.''”