Trent Lott: “I appreciate that we were able to get these cleared.”

I was always a conservative Republican and I had very strong beliefs about certain things we should or should not do. But also thought that I was sent to Washington by the people of my state not to make a statement but to make a difference…

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.

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.

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