according to senator baker, he went -- walked to senator byrd's office and said to him, bob, i'll neverknow the senate rules as well as you do. so i'll make you an offer. iecall a n surprise you if you'll -- i'll not surprise you if you'll never surprise me. senator byrd looked at senator baker and said, let me think about it. and the next morning senator byrd called senator baker and said, it' a deal. and that's the way they operated the senate in those four years when senator baker was the majority leader and senator byrd was the minority leader. they operated the senate during that time under an agreement where senator byrd was careful to try to give every senator the right of amendment. he thought that was very important. in return, he got back from senators who had amendments that many senators thought were frivolous or unnecessary, not germane, senator byrd was able to get an unanimous consent agreement that permitted him toy have a -- permitted him to have a fairly orderly management of the senate, he and senator baker during that time. senator mcconnell a few minutes ago talked

byrd was a near-be ready to the struggling west virginia where he delivered countless projects -- ravenswood, west virginia. tell us about your experience. bob, republican bill caller:hi. first off, my condolences to his family. senator byrd was well respected here by i think all west virginians, including myself. he did do a lot for our state. it is hard for a stroke -- small state like west virginia to get good representation -- presentation. i did not know if i would go along with the pork label. host: you call on the republican line. did you vote for him? caller: well, i did. i have voted for him and against him. at one point -- i hate to bring it up after his passing, but i shared it with others before. i did respect him but i did lose respect for him during the bill clinton white house sexual affair. he came out very strongly condemning at first, and i kind of felt light -- felt like he bowed toward partisan pressure again. host: what do you think the governor will do? any word on west virginia media -- has the governor made a statement? caller: no, i heard earlier may be on your program or another newscast, they had a meeting in the p

that's not the original because bob byrd gave it to so many of us. but i looked at that and i thought to myself, what a kind gesture, how impressed i was this young member of congress being accorded this kind of respect from this giant of the united states senate. robert c. byrd will be duly missed by us all. and he will be missed most of all when very difficult issues confront the legislative body, and there is a clamor that the legislative agree with the executive for whatever reason, a clamor that all too often emanates from fear of this, that or the other. and in that fear would ignore the constitutional role played by the congress of the united states. it is then that we will miss senator byrd's clarity of intellect, of conscience, of commitment to the constitution of the united states of america. and as well to the rules of the united states senate. he was a passionate and advocate for people, for principle, for the constitution and for our country. senator byrd, we will miss you, but we will remember fondly your contributions and be forever th

according to senator baker, he went -- walked to senator byrd's office and said to him, bob, i'll nevernow the senate rules as well as you do. so i'll make you an offer. iecall a n surprise you if you'll -- i'll not surprise you if you'll never surprise me. senator byrd looked at senator baker and said, let me think about it. and the next morning senator byrd called senator baker and said, it' a deal. and that's the way they operated the senate in those four years when senator baker was the majority leader and senator byrd was the minority leader. they operated the senate during that time under an agreement where senator byrd was careful to try to give every senator the right of amendment. he thought that was very important. in return, he got back from senators who had amendments that many senators thought were frivolous or unnecessary, not germane, senator byrd was able to get an unanimous consent agreement that permitted him toy have a -- permitted him to have a fairly orderly management of the senate, he and senator baker during that time. senator mcconnell a few minutes ago talked a