asntually, he did resign majority leader of the senate as a result of this one statement made in this one room. just aboutinder that everything a politician says is probably going to be recorded and everything they say is going to be analyzed. just about everything they say will be held against them at some time or another, even such an occasion as a 100th birthday party. >> happy birthday. [applause] don: i should mention why it is building. dirksen when the first senate office building opened, it was known as the senate office building. when this building opened up, that building became the old s.o.b. this building became the new s.o.b. senators thought they should have a more formal title. senator russell was known as the senator's senator. he had respect for his colleagues regardless of their ideology. that building was named for richard russell, a democrat. for some balance, this building was named for senator everett dirksen, the republican leader 1969 and was quite a popular figure in the united states at the time. r in theic orato old-school style. record herammy for a did, ju