According to Green -- who placed third, after Barron, in a primary against incumbent Congressman Ed Towns -- he was prepared to drop out of the race before he saw Barron make comments about him on The Politicker.

"There had been a resolution and it blew up," he continued. "It was done as done could be done. All I had to do was communicate with people that made commitments to my campaign. I told him that."

"I went out to Chicago and spoke to Muhammad Ali to secure an endorsement in addition to other things I'm working on and one of Ali's associates asked me if I would really drop out. I said I probably hadn't raised enough money to stay in the race. He asked if the councilman was a hot-head and I said yes, but maybe we need some heat in Congress to stir the pot. And he said, 'Well, is it stirring the pot or will he blow the pot over?' And I thought about that."

"To hold public office, you have to diplomatic, you have to be willing to talk, you have hold your fire, you can't shoot at everything. You can't shoot at everything! Folks said to me it was a sign.