May 15 was one of the most intense days of his political life, but Bob Dole remained remarkably calm throughout. Starting with a morning visit to his campaign headquarters, he kept to his schedule as if the day ahead were like any other.
At 11:00, a little more than an hour after NBC first reported his plan to resign from the Senate, Dole had his picture taken with a group of Kansas constituents, a Capitol policeman, and a group of Pentagon tour guides. At noon, he kept his appointment to meet with five top officials from the Bosnian government. The only hint something was up came when a member of the Bosnian delegation asked for help in guaranteeing implementation of the Dayton peace accord. “I’m not going to be around here much longer,” said Dole, letting the Bosnians in on something he wouldn’t convey to his Senate Republican colleagues for another 90 minutes.
