Trent Lott: “I do want to also take a brief opportunity, without naming names--and I think their names should be put in the…”

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…

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.

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

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