I think all of us can learn a lesson from this episode. We don't know all the machinations that go on in the Senate, and what we think will be effective is not necessarily the right answer.
I don't really think Lott was all that great a majority leader, but the RATS and MSM used his tribute to Strom Thurmond to exact a pound of flesh after the 2002 elections.
B I N G O ! ! !