Trent Lott: “I'm a loyal supporter of this Administration, and I'm a long-time friend of yours, but this is not pretty.”

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…

We are going to start doing things a little differently. We are going to go back and do some of the things that worked.

I think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.

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.