There was something strange as to Moynihan stepping aside for Hilary. As in he was “encouraged “ to step aside. Threatened with “suicide”?
I dunno. He had been in the Senate for 24 years (which one upon a time used to be considered a long time), so I think he was genuine about retiring. It’s also not always fun to be serving in the minority, which he had been in for 6 years at that point. He died just 2 years after he retired, anyway.