Trent Lott: “I did not think there was any controversy. There is one here that I thought the Senator might really be interested in.…”

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

It's called leadership, Anderson.

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…

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