and i knew elliott jane wade a big economist in new york. suddenly i got all the pieces put together. elliott janeways wife and wilbur mills' wife were very good friends and for some reason they were really interested in my campaign. here is this young woman with these kids running out in colorado. isn't this interesting? so they kept nagging wilbur. number two, wilbur is so busy with the argentine firecracker, he doesn't have much time to go out and campaign and his wife is always out campaigning and she had a mini stroke, one side of her face kind of froze and he starts feeling a little guilty, as well he should. and apparently she said i want you to do for that woman whatever she wants. so apparently i gave him a pretty high bar. but he did it. and that's how i got on. i really thought it was my qualifications and my ability to make my case. it was called guilt. guilt and the argentine firecracker. >> once you're on the committee, what kind of welcome did you receive? >> none. chairman of these big committees, we would call them cardinals