It was a fond memory, but so typical. There was no animosity, no anger, just rolling with the punches. If I had the chance to say goodbye, I would have thanked Paul for that. Let me close by referring to comments that were made several years ago on this floor by our distinguished colleague, Robert Byrd, who was talking about the death of William Fulbright. He quoted Longfellow.
Life is only a narrow isthmus between the boundless oceans of two eternities.
All of us who travel that narrow isthmus today, must one day board our little frail barque and hoist its white sails for the journey on that vast unknown sea where we shall sail alone into the boundless ocean of eternity, there to meet our Creator face to face in a land where the rose never withers and the rainbow never fades. He served them all, and he did it well. I am proud to be called a friend of Senator Paul Coverdell.