[rbg81]

I would not call per partisan for trying to survive. But I will agree that a normal person would have resigned long ago due to illness. That plus it never ceases to amaze me how these Washington types cling to power to the bitter end. Almost no one I know works past 72.

[Paul R.]

I keep thinking of Kahn in Star Trek II. Different motive, but...

Admirable in a way, I suppose.