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[LotR]Was Saruman planning on claiming the Ring for himself?

At the end of Fellowship of the Ring and the beginning of The Two Towers, was Saruman attempting to claim the Ring for himself?  I know he lusted after the Ring; but by this point was he too enthralled to Sauron?  Would he have turned it over?  *Could* Saruman have successfully wielded the Ring himself, or was he too diminished already?
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Yep. He was looking for it a lot. He even tried to make a few magical rings for himself, but none of them really worked out. 

Im pretty sure he however couldnt have claimed the ring for himself, tolkein said in a letter that the only one in middle earth who had a shot of claiming the ring was gandalf. Saruman, if he found the ring, would try to use it against sauron, only to be defeated. You cant get access to the full power of the ring untill you wrestle it from saurons control, and to do that you need to face him.