Even as governor, he didn't do a lot of the retail politics that politicians do. Well, why didn't he take the Supreme Court? He [Mario Cuomo] didn't take the Supreme Court because his calculus was he had two years left on his current term as governor. and then he was going to run again and get another four years. So he'd have six years more as governor. And he'd rather have six more years as governor than be on the Supreme Court. (00:22–13:45)
CLAIM
Asserts that Mario Cuomo declined a Supreme Court position to continue his term as governor.
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