1. Under Senate rules, because the hold came at the end of a session, Mr Obama will have to renominate Mr Becker formally, which he is expected to do shortly.
2. A heavy favorite from the start, he was on his way to the state convention that was to renominate him when his light plane crashed in a storm near Westfield, Mass.
3. A heavy favorite from the start, he was on his way to the state convention that was to renominate him when his light plane crashed in a storm near Westfield, Mass.
