Voltage to coil

OK, so tonight in the humid weather of Wisconsin, the wife gave me a few minutes to work on the car. I disconnected the 2nd blue wire to the resistor and removed the choke wire from the coil. Pumped the pedal a few times and she almost turned over. Pumped a few more times and she turned over. Because the choke didn't have any power, she idled pretty rough, but once the engine was warm I shut it off and turned the key again and it started right up.

I am guessing that hooking that choke wire to the positive side of the coil wasn't the right thing to do. Can anyone give me a suggestion of where I can pull power from for the choke?