I've seen four apologies from Trent Lott. But has he once explained what he meant by "all these problems over all these years'' we wouldn't have today if Strom had been elected? I've been scanning articles but haven't seen any real explanation to that supposed off the cuff remark.

Why doesn't some enterprising reporter, or better yet, Michael Moore, dog the man until he answers that one question. Someone please set up camp outside his office - #487 Russell SOB - that's Senate Office Building, not son of a bitch - to get the answer for me. Or better yet, email him like I did - senatorlott@lott.senate.gov - and ask him yourself.

One parting thought: when an elected official has to tell the press that he plans to remain in office to serve out the term he or she was elected to, they're usually already one foot out the door, right? Until tomorrow...