Amen.
Clinton had Republicans ashamed to be affiliated with conservatives, and joining him in denouncing the inflexibility of the principled. Both are now scorned and ridiculed by both parties.
Despite this continued scorn by them, it breaks my heart every time I see my former party bend over and grab their cowardly ankles; as they have done with Lott.
Lott, having lived by, and led this more "compassionate" and flexible Republican party; is a fitting road kill of the very machine he set adrift. Rejecting their backbone was stupidity incarnate; a mistake best denied as appearance is now more important than leadership.