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Albert instead picked Rostenkowski ’ s close friend, Tip O ' Neill, to become whip.

This allowed O ’ Neill to leap over Rostenkowski on the leadership ladder, a ladder that led to O ' Neill becoming speaker just six years later.

" The events of that January shadowed the relationship between O ' Neill and Rostenkowski from that point on " said former Representative James Shannon, " Every step of the way, Danny Rostenkowski looked at Tip O ' Neill and, while he loved the guy felt, ' Man, that is where I should be '.