Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100810:21:06:00
>> reporter: on election night the results were too close to call. it tooks weeks to determine the winner but one day after his 85th birthday he conceded defeat. in his final senate address after 40 years of service, hee predicted he would eventually be cleared of wrongdoing. >> i look only forward and i still see the day when i can remove the cloud that currently surrounds me. >> reporter: his political career was over, but stevens never went to jail. just months after he left the senate, a judge dismissed his conviction sighting prosecution miscondu misconduct. he served as a fighter pilot i...
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