text:  This is really a sad end. I think it's fair to say it's the end to his career. He got his start in politics in Union City, New Jersey, a town on the Hudson River with a large Cuban community. He wore a bulletproof vest to court to testify against the corrupt party boss there. And now he becomes the first sitting senator convicted of bribery in more than 40 years. What a saga. That is WNYC's Nancy Solomon. Thank you so much, Nancy. Thanks, Elsa.