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I've focused mostly on Tower in retirement. This page could use a lot more information about Sen. Tower's nearly quarter-century in the Senate.

[edit] Source for Lila rejecting flowers?

The Family Life section was inserted in May by Maestroh, diff.

What's the source for this statement:

As the embittered Lila lay near death from cancer, she refused to accept flowers sent to her by John Tower, according to Tower's former assistant Ken Towery.

It really needs to have one. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Found a reference. I expanded the quotation because Towery's point is to demonstrate Tower's civility and gentlemanliness. I'm not sure this incident belongs in the article; what do others thing? Dpbsmith (talk) 19:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Retirement Section

Not only does this section not cite any of the opinions expressed (about the way Tower handled the arms talks, etc), but it glosses over the SecDef nomination - the overwhelming reasons were Tower's alleged personal problems (testimony about his drinking and womanizing torpedoed his nomination) and, to a lesser extent, his close ties to defense contractors. This section claims - without any sources - that it was a political hit job. If anyone has any neutral sources to back this up, please come forward; otherwise, I think that sentence should be removed or heavily reworded. Anyone?--71.252.13.111 07:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)