I did forget President pro tempore of the Senate...that stands in front of SoS for POTUS...I don’t even know who holds that position now that Byrd gave it up...’course that guy is I think 84 years old or something like that...sooo...just saying if ‘something’ happened to obama, biden, and pelosi, probably a ‘boo’ would give that guy a heart attack, hmmm...
Byrd is still Pres. Pro Tempore as far as I can tell. I would guess he’ll become PPT Emeritius in Jan 2009.