Trent Lott: “As a member of the conference, I thank the leadership and the job they have done. The process has not been easy. It has…”

Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

Would you at the very least sit down with him and listen to him?

First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.