man: we have both of our united states senators, harry reid and john ensign wi us. reid: i didn't know they were gonna be here. i'm ready to leave. aren't you? [laughter] lopez: i was with setor ensign for 14 years. he was a very pragmatic republican senator. ensign: the usda can certify... reid: john ensign was a conservative republican, but our relationship in the senate was just terrific. i never had anyone to work with in the senate that was more reasonable and prmatic than john ensign. ensign and i had a deal. if you have a problem with anything going on in my staff, you call me. i would do the same with him. and as a result of that, our staffs knew that they were to work together. lopez: they brought me in the room with the top staffers from each office. we were told that "you will wo together. you will not disparage each other. the staffs cannot say anything bad about each other, and if you do, you will get fired. regardless of whatever differences we have, we are gonna work together for the benefit of the state of nevada." and that set the whole tone, and th