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  • Some Say Lott Apology Should End Uproar

    12/14/2002 10:42:42 PM PST · by FairOpinion · 21 replies · 233+ views
    newsday.com ^ | Dec. 14, 2002 | Associated Press
    <p>WASHINGTON -- Sen. Trent Lott's latest apology for racially charged remarks should suffice, the Senate's incoming No. 2 Republican leader said Saturday, vowing that a move for formal censure would produce a swift counter-attack against a prominent Democrat.</p> <p>"The first amendment (to a censure motion) that would be offered would be an amendment relating to Sen. (Robert) Byrd's comments in 2001," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.</p> <p>"I think he has to ride it out. Leaders take a lot of heat," former Sen. Bob Dole, Lott's predecessor as Senate GOP leader, said in an interview Saturday.</p>