Lott announced that he has changed his mind about making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday – having voted against it when it was on the Senate floor – and said he supports affirmative action.
"I'm for that," Lott said when asked by Gordon again. "I'm for affirmative action and I've practiced it. I've had African Americans on my staff and other minorities, but particularly African Americans, since the mid-1970s."
357 posted on 12/16/2002 5:59:47 PM PST by dogbyte12