The comment was in Lantos referring to the recently deceased Admiral Mike Boorda, who had committed suicide after being reported to have worn military ribbons to which he was not supposedly entitled. Lantos was implying that Admiral Boorda had taken an honorable way out and maybe Livingstone should think about it................
Lantos might have wallowed in self-pity and victimhood after the war ended; instead, he spent the next 60 years trying to make a contribution.
We didn’t always agree, but I considered him an honorable member of the opposition.