But none of them should be Senate Majority Leader.
The "personal embarassment" that became public was leaked by Larry Flynt and his sleaze merchants.
Apparently no amount of debauchery is sufficent to make a Democrat apologize, much less resign.
It is time to stop the madness and fight back. As long as Byrd and Hollings are in the Senate so shall Lott be.
Except that Lott is utterly incapable of fighting. Did he fight during impeachment? Did he fight Daschle's "power sharing" deal? Did he fight Jumpin' Jim? Did he fight Leahy's judicial logjam? Has he ever fought anything?
A 98-pound weakling has no business picking a bar fight—and when he does, he definitely has no business running to his 6' 4" buddy for backup. By the same token, a spineless appeaser like Trent Lott has no business making outrageous, easily twisted statements. If Lott were actually fighting back and defending himself, by going after Grand Fleagle Byrd for example, I might be willing to cut him a measure of slack (although I'd still think he's an idiot). But no, he wants to keep on looking moderate and conciliatory and calm and Senatorial, while letting real conservatives do all the heavy lifting. No dice—he dug this hole, he can either climb out of it himself or starve to death down there at the bottom.
Trent, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
If they're OK with letting clinton stay in office after perjury, obstruction of justice, and probably rape, I'm OK with letting Lott stay in leadership (for now) because he said something "insensitive."
But none of them should be Senate Majority Leader.
I haven't seen anything in this article or elsewhere for that matter that suggests he leave the senate.
But I'm guessing he will be leaving that as well after the next election in which he runs.