Alan Simpson: “Having, as I said, done that work also. So I would say that it has been a great run for me to have served with Malcolm…”

“Having, as I said, done that work also. So I would say that it has been a great run for me to have served with Malcolm Wallop, a wonderful man, who was our defense expert in this body. Dick Cheney, how can you say any more about that man? A great old friend who served Wyoming with great distinction. Craig Thomas, Barbara Cubin in the House. There have been some great honors, great friends, great adventures. Ten years of serving with Bob Dole was a remarkable honor and privilege. What a great man he is. There isn't a person in this body who has ever worked with him who would not know that. And then, of course, the special class of 1978, many of them still here and soon to go. Ones who are still here: Bill Bradley, Thad Cochran, Bill Cohen, Jim Exon, Howell Heflin, Nancy Kassebaum, Carl Levin, Larry Pressler, Dave Pryor, John Warner. We all came here together. Many of us will leave together. And they have been the dearest of friends, very special people. I have been blessed with a wonderful staff: Don Hardy, my chief of staff, whom I have known since he was 14 years old. He was a spirited man then, spirited boy; a spirited colt makes the best horse. I saw great potential in him, and he met every bit of it; Joe Ratliff, my first campaign manager, my first AA; Chuck Blahous, who will go on now to serve with Senator Craig, who is just everything.…”