Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., photographed through a crack in his office door, talks with Washington, D.C. press secretary Stephen Hourahan, not pictured, prior to a press conference in Chafee's office, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, in Providence, R.I. Chafee lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)