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But you were in the dog house but not permanently. you were in the dog house for a while and he would get over it and understood our role. he liked answering questions and liked the give and take. a battle not joined is a battle not enjoyed, as i said before. >> he also said in the speech i referred to before, i have sometimes let my passion rule my reason, made it harder to find common ground because of something harsh that i said to a colleague. a.b., as we've said this morning, the back and forth with the people who are gathered in this room right now in the capitol rotunda is what he relis...

Civility to the senate chamber. >> our deliberations can still be important and useful, but i think we'd all agree they haven't been overburdened by greatness lately. and right now they aren't producing much for the american people. both sides have let this happen. let's leave the history of who shot first to the historians. i'll suspect they'll find we all conspired in our decline. we've all played some role in it. certainly i have. sometimes i've let my passion rule my reason even when it requires us to do something less satisfying that winning, even when we must be willing to give a little ...

Have been critical of that. if you do a small ball anyway, do it in a back burner way, get much more political coverage, credit for trying to work with democrats. the idea you put all of the republican party chips on the table to pass a pathetic bill that helps medical device manufacturers is ridiculous. >> big picture of where does it go for here, if they can't do it on things you just mentioned like the medical device tax where we know there's agreement on both sides of the aisle, it reaffirms for americans that nothing can get done in washington. to that point, here's a little more of senat...

They haven't been overburdened by service greatly. and right now they aren't producing much for the american people. both sides have let this happen. let's let the history of who shot first to the historians. i suspect they'll find we all -- we have all played some role in it. certainly i have. sometimes i have let my passion rule my reason. sometimes i made it harder to find common ground because of something harsh i said to a colleague. sometimes i wanted to win more for the sake of winning than to achieve a policy. each side can criticize but also accept. just plain muddling through to chip...

Greatness lately. and right now, they aren't producing much for the american people. both sides have let this happen. let's leave the history of who shot first to the historians. i suspect they'll find we all conspired in our decline, either by deliberate actions or neglect. we've all played some role in it. certainly i have. sometimes i've let my passion rule my reason. sometimes i made it harder to find common ground because of something harsh i said to a colleague. sometimes i wanted to win more for the sake of winning than to achieve a contested policy. incremental progress, compromises th...