[sinkspur]

Nickles never has put himself up for leadership elections without knowing he had the votes.

He ran against Lott for Majority Leader in 1998...and lost.

[savedbygrace]

My memory of 1998 is that Nickles did NOT run for ML. He counted votes and dropped his name from the list. His name WAS put out in the press as a candidate, but he never entered the race.

I'm willing to be corrected, if you have evidence to prove I'm wrong.