Sen. Reid:"Having Sen. Santorum talk about reform..like having John Gotti"

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june06/reid_1-18.html

NEWSMAKER: SENATE MINORITY LEADER HARRY REID

January 18, 2006


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JIM LEHRER: Do you think that is in the wind, based on what Speaker Hastert and other Republicans have said - Sen. McCain, Sen. Santorum and others?

SEN. HARRY REID: Having Sen. Santorum talk about reform is like having John Gotti talk about doing something about organized crime. He's one of the problems. So --

JIM LEHRER: Why is he one of the problems?

SEN. HARRY REID: Because he was the liaison to K Street, he has gone down to the meetings, they meet every Wednesday in Grover Norquist's office.

So I would hope that there are some people of whom you didn't mention any at this stage that will move forward. John McCain, John McCain is a man of conscience, and I admire him. We came back to Washington together, and he's talking about earmarks.