This distinction prevailed until August 2006, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU), prompted by pressure from the professional community of planetary scientists as well as from the general public, brought Pluto's planethood to a vote at a triennial general assembly in Prague, Czech Republic. The result? Pluto was formally downgraded from "planet" to "dwarf planet," thereby helping to diffuse the negative attention that we had been receiving for six years running. Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Pluto Files
Interview:
Over the years, people started realizing that maybe that kind of makes sense, and six years later, the International Astronomical Union, they took a vote, and basically they said Pluto should be reclassified. So we were, in the end, kind of vindicated.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, interview by Melissa Block, "Astrophysicist Chronicles Battle over Pluto"
Which excerpt from Tyson's preface or interview conveys the most emotion?
A.
So we were, in the end, kind of vindicated.
B.
. . .helping to diffuse the negative attention that I . . . and the Rose Center, had been receiving . . .
C.
This decision represented the consensus of the science committee . . .
D.
While the accountability and originality of our pedagogical approach to the subject. . .