The senator who came up with the Pell grant.
Clayborne Pell, a fabulous human being who is one of the few successful politicians. And a Rhode Islander.

Seriously, the next best RI politician is Lincoln Chaffee, so Moderate the Republicans didn't want him and the Dems only outelected him to give OBAMA the majority in the Senate.
He'd never make a public ticket, despite being so much better than Obama.