Thomas Daschle: “Well, the Senator from Mississippi is a smooth sell. Let me just say this. Senator McConnell ought to be very happy with…”

“Well, the Senator from Mississippi is a smooth sell. Let me just say this. Senator McConnell ought to be very happy with this, because this plays right into the hands of the opponents of campaign finance reform. Senator Feingold didn't know about this. I didn't know about this. There is no Democrat I am aware of who has seen any of this language. So, I am very disappointed. We are not going to relegate our right to offer campaign finance reform in some form to other bills prior to the last day of this session, and that's really what the majority leader is asking here. He is asking us to forgo the opportunity to debate campaign finance reform until what could be the very last day of the session, and we will then be under the terms of this agreement, an agreement that I have not seen. And yet, yesterday we worked through several unanimous-consent requests, back and forth, in detail, in direct consultation, he and I working together to get an agreement on Interior appropriations, to get a deal, as difficult as it was, on FDA reform.”