December 5 is the day he turns 100.
And Trent Lott already had his retirement party where he was given a gavel contructed out of the original buliding materials of the Sentate honoring him as Senate Pro Tem Emeritus and the seranade by the Southern Ladies of Trent Lott's staff..
Cheer for Talent to win so Strom can go out as President Pro Tem without needing the Emeritus label. If Talent wins and enough other Rats lose to ensure a "Jeffords-proof" 2003 majority then Chaffee etc. won't jump from RINO Committee chairmen status to minority Rat status and Strom goes out on top.