John Thune: “It was a great privilege, as I said, to be able to serve in that capacity and to learn from Senator Lott. I think he has…”

“It was a great privilege, as I said, to be able to serve in that capacity and to learn from Senator Lott. I think he has the distinction as perhaps the only person who served as the whip in the House of Representatives and now in the Senate. As he leaves, he leaves a great legacy. Many of us who have had the opportunity to learn under his tutelage about the way this institution operates have been blessed to have someone like him to be a teacher. Senator Lott always understood that although we deal with very serious, very weighty, sometimes complex and oftentimes consequential issues, it is also important that we not take ourselves too seriously.”