추도사를 한 앨런 심슨 전 공화당 상원의원은 정치적 친구였던 고인이 농담을 좋아했던 것을 되새기면서 농담은 많으면 많을수록 더 좋았다고 말했다.
Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson, who made a eulogy, recalled that the deceased, who was the political friend liked jokes, saying that the more jokes the better.