first of all, what is not to like about barnie frank?was one of a number of folks on a long and deep list of folks having been my chief of staff and chief legal council before that. he is a well respected citizen people who come and go. and uncommonly wise and thoughtful and always well prepared. to the extent that i'm a good governor, it is a lot having to do with his contribution. i think he is going to be a great stewart until the main event when the people fill that seat. i was working in the senate the first female attorney and first african-american u.s. attorney and those were choices made for the best qualified people for those jobs at the time. i will never forget the senator feeling history in his hands in making those choices and those appointments. did you feel that as you were approaching this have that go opportunity to appoint an after african-american to the senate? >> i thought about it. but i do think that it is incumbent on all of us in positions with opportunities like the one that i have to consider the fact that we