republicans were reporting no because of amnesty from rush limbaugh, and i'm in the well the senate with jon kyl and lindsey graham, but also ted kennedy, dianne feinstein, and harry reid. the six of us working the vote, and we lost. that was one of the most mind-boggling things i've ever seen. is harder now, i think, but my attitude is why would you want to come here? why would you come sneer why wouldn't you want to make a difference? when i hear the criticism about things i have done, i point out to some of it, look, when clint was president and tom and i were leadership, we got welfare reform, and we did a balanced budget. we did tax reform. we did measured telecommunications reform, safe drinking water, portability of insurance, raise military pay. what among those is not a good thing. one among those is not conservative from some of my conservative friends. i tell some of them, just to do something is not a conservative position, to change the direction of the country, you got to get something done. it is harder to do it, and you do run the risk of getting queet, i guess, or losing your le