Trent Lott: “The PATRIOT Act is coming up for reauthorization. We need to listen to complaints.”

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

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.

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