George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.

I think the legacy was set because the way George Mitchell was the leader enabled Tom Daschle to be the leader he is. It carried on the spirit of integrity and of reform, of also working both with committee chairmen but bringing in the newer members to be able to have a voice and a say and participate in the deliberations, to always look at a modern way of doing it.

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.

Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.

Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.