"Normally it would take me five minutes to get there, but it would have meant going half way up to York and then coming back on myself to get there, " he said.
"I like being in uniform and serving my country, but if she goes back I'm going to have to give it all upand just get out and take care of my son andget a job, " he said.
Mr Daley won control of Chicago's schools by striking a deal with his Republican opponents in the state legislature that enabled him to set about sacking bad teachers, insist on pupils completing academic requirements before goingup to the next class, and thin out the bureaucracy enough to get the schools back in the black.