“What most people don’t know is that Kerry’s death was a suicide,” Wild said in a brief, emotional speech, shortly after the chamber wrapped up a long day of votes. “Kerry was 63 years old. He shouldn’t have had a care in the world. He was financially secure, and had a warm, loving family and dozens of friends. He loved them all. And yet incomprehensibly, he seemingly did not grasp the toll his absence would have on those who loved him.”