At the 1960 Democratic National Convention, he again sought the party's presidential nomination, as he considered that the front-runner, John F. Kennedy, was "a nice young fellow ... (but) too young for the nomination."
在1960年民主党全国大会上，他再次寻求党派总统候选人提名，称当时的领跑人选约翰·肯尼迪是个“年轻的好小伙……（但）对于提名来说也太年轻了”。