william brock, jack danforth, trent lott, don nichols. they talk about the bond they see as having taken place in the past between moderates and conservatives. they write, perhaps the optimism of where republicans were headed rose too quickly for false divisions based on labels more than facts began to be raised. moderate became an epithet to be hurled at opponents said to be something less than true republicans. they go on to say, in our day it was common for conservative republicans to campaign for moderate colleagues and vice versa. the goal was control of the senate, not absolute ideological conformity because the ultimate purpose was to keep congress true to america's core values. and that result required a majority. what's your response to this? how do you think coalitions are succeeding or failing between moderate and conservative republicans? >> first of all, i'd just remind people, i know all four of these guys, i served with all of them, other than senator brock. i knew him as far back as when he was chairman of the republican p

so jack danforth started. and when he left the senate, i picked this up. and i thought -- and the more i looked at it, the more i saw that the benefits to boys and to girls, particularly in the middle and high school grades, were palpable. the benefits were palpable. and so, senator clinton and i and barbara mikulski, susan collins, the three of them had gone to girls schools. i hadn't. but they knew the benefits firsthand of single-sex education. barbara was a product of single-sex education going to a parochial school. and we had to fight, the first time i introduced the amendment was 1998. but it was 2001 when the four of us came together, and we actually got that bill passed through an amendment, and that amendment then not only made public single-sex education an option and legal, it also made it eligible for federal funding grants, just like all of our public schools are. so i just want to say that it has been one of the joys of my time in the united states senate. to work with senator barbara mikulski. and i think that the impact of this 4'11" might

so jack danforth started. and when he left the senate, i picked this up. and i thought -- and the more i looked at it, the more i saw that the benefits to boys and to girls, particularly in the middle and high school grades, were palpable. the benefits were palpable. and so, senator clinton and i and barbara mikulski, susan collins, the three of them had gone to girls schools. i hadn't. but they knew the benefits firsthand of single-sex education. barbara was a product of single-sex education going to a parochial school. and we had to fight, the first time i introduced the amendment was 1998. but it was 2001 when the four of us came together, and we actually got that bill passed through an amendment, and that amendment then not only made public single-sex education an option and legal, it also made it eligible for federal funding grants, just like all of our public schools are. so i just want to say that it has been one of the joys of my time in the united states senate. to work with senator barbara mikulski. and i think that the impact of this 4'11" might