When we're in the Sunshine, as soon as we vote, every trade association in the country gets out their mailgrams and their phone calls in 12 hours and complains about the members' votes. But when we're in the back room, the Senators can vote their conscience. They vote for what they think is good for the country. Then they can go out to the lobbyists and say: 'God, I fought for you. I did everything I could. But Packwood just wouldn't give in.'
Packwood discusses the need for private deliberations to allow Senators to vote freely.
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