Soon after bursting into the Democratic Cloakroom of the U.S. Senate, Senator J. William Fulbright angrily grabbed staffer Bobby Baker by the throat. “I ought to kill you,” Fulbright growled. Fulbright had been in Baltimore delivering a paid speech when Baker had summoned him back to the Senate. To ensure his return in time, Baker contacted the mayor and arranged for a police car to bring Fulbright back. “That guy was going 90 miles an hour and the wheels were going up and down off the road,” Fulbright complained. “You could vote without me.” Baker meekly responded: “I needed you.”