Rather then him saying "I'm proud of what I said" I would have preferred something like "It will be a cold day in bleep before I apologize for trying to make an old man feel good who has spent many decades serving his country."
You are really good at this, kedd. Too bad Lott couldn't have tapped into your talents.
Kedd, I'm in total agreement with you. But in retrospect, don't forget the firestorm the DUmmies raised...even from KKK Byrd. We can never cave, but the Leader himself can't be as blunt as a regular Senator because any one Senator with a hair up his kazoo can stop the whole Senate.