Trent Lott: “However, like so many of the things that we complain about in the Congress, we looked around, and we found the enemy…”

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.

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

My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.