'The progress of this disease is apparently erratic and unpredictable. It may well be that seven years from now, it will be stable, on the other hand, it may also be that it will have incapacitated me.' SENATOR PETE DOMENICI IS USED TO FIGHTING BATTLES ON CAPITOL HILL... TODAY.... AS HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT... HE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW BATTLE HE'S FIGHTING. DOMENICI CHOSE TO MAKE HIS FORMAL FAREWELL AT SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE - A CATHOLIC SCHOOL HE ATTENDED AS A BOY. THAT'S WHERE STUART DYSON BEGINS OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS MOMENTOUS DAY IN OUR STATE'S POLITICAL HISTORY. OUT Q ' SD EWN4' PETE DOMENICI RETURNED TO HIS ROOTS FOR THIS BIG DAY - HE PLAYED IN THESE STREETS AND PLAYGROUNDS - LIVED NEARBY - HELPED OUT IN HIS FAMILY'S DOWNTOWN GROCERY STORE. THIS WAS THE PLACE HE CHOSE TO BEGIN HIS LONG GOODBYE. THE MAN THEY CALL SENATOR PETE WILL SERVE THE LAST FIFTEEN MONTHS OF HIS TERM - LEAVING THE SENATE IN JANUARY...