friend had become very involved in the sec retailer run. -- in the saturday taylor run -- in the zachary taylor run. taylor was 8 whig because he hated james polk. he becomes a whig by default. he was a louisiana citizen. when he came back in, he wanted to be president as a vindication. played did not quite understand it. in fact come -- clay did not quite understand it. crittendon found himself between a rock and a hard place on that. he had thrown in with taylor as a kentucky point man, but he kept that secret from clay. >> at the end of their lives as they tried to get back together? >> there are different accounts of this. the idea that they reconciled largely derives from someone who was with them in washington at the national hotel. he had been summoned to bring clay home, because he was dying, and they knew it. but by the time they got there, it was too late. crittendon went in in june. whether he was summoned or whether it was of his own coalition, we do not know. but thomas said after the meeting that henry said that his friend had done no wrong and the family should forgive him. the o