Trent Lott: “I grew up in an environment that condoned policies and views that we now know were wrong and immoral. And I repudiate…”

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

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.

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.