Afterward, he told the Tribune that U.S. Rep. Danny Davis counseled him to "bide your time" for the sake of not sowing the kind of division that emerged among party members following the death in office of then-Mayor Harold Washington. Boykin once worked as Davis' chief of staff and might try to win his seat in Congress someday. After "deep soul-searching and careful consideration," Boykin said, he agreed with his former boss.