All I will say for now - if the man is openly saying one thing while doing something else -- it is politics as usual and I have a problem with it and the problem I have has nothing to do with the where he stands or doesn't stand on the "particular issue"... Sounds like he may have some delusions of grandeur.
WASHINGTON - For months, Sen. Trent Lott pulled a list of names from his pocket and told anyone who listened that he had the votes to trigger the 'nuclear option' - the change in the Senate's rules that would ease the way for President Bush's judicial nominees.
At the same time, the Mississippi Republican worked quietly to avert it.
Lott wasn't among the 14 senators who signed the pact on Monday that forestalled a Senate showdown. Publicly, he was dismissive.
'Whenever that coalition needs to be picked apart,' he said, 'we'll pick it apart.'
But senators involved in the talks say Lott was instrumental in pushing the Senate to the brink of a historic clash - and in pulling it back. It was a remarkable role for the former Senate leader whose career was nearly ruined by an ill-advised tribute to the late Sen. Strom Thurmond two-and-a-half years ago that made him sound nostalgic for the days of segregation.
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