"John still had a hankering for politics, beyond just editing a magazine about it. In November 1998, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan announced that he would retire ... meaning that a US Senate seat from New York was up for grabs. Many people urged John to run for it.

'John immediately started exploring his viability,' Ginsberg said. ... Ginsberg, who had recently left 'George' to be the head of public relations at News Corporation, introduced John to Roger Ailes, the onetime political operative who had created Fox News.

'He and I spent a long time with Roger discussing whether he would be viable and how he would put together a candidacy or campaign,' Ginsberg said. 'And Roger was very supportive.' ... But it was quickly a moot point. Hillary Clinton effectively thwarted John's plan to run ... by announcing that she was moving to New York and running for it.'

"Four Friends," by Wm. Cohan, John's friend