 Indeed, on November 8, shortly after Pacelli's departure, Coughlin announced that he was making his final radio broadcast.Of course, it remains unclear what, if anything, Pacelli might have said to Coughlin to induce such a change.Although Dalin claims that Coughlin's (and thus Pacelli's) role in the presidential election was potentially decisive, Roosevelt's victory was in fact a foregone landslide (carrying every state but Maine and Vermont).