like youquoted poetry saw there. he also would bring an element of camaraderie, an element of friendliness to the debate. i will give you one example. in 1964 when the senate was in the midst of his filibuster against in 1964 civil rights act -- the very last night. given as speech to be part of that filibuster came from senator byrd who did a 14 hour speech opposing the civil rights act. on overnight, senator humphrey who was the democratic floor leader came to byrdloor and asked senator if he knew when he would finish his speech because they had scheduled the vote for 10:00 the next morning. senator byrd sent, i have enough material to go on for another 14-15 hours but i promise the senator from minnesota that i will finish by 10:00 in the morning. and then he went on to quote poetry, talking about roses red theis neighbors find it in end, humphrey's fate and forth 10:00, saying he would -- in the next morning, 9:55, senator byrd did finish his speech just in time for the closure vote and hubert humphrey's showed u