How did Senator Feinsteins house get picked?
Daschle: I don’t know. I know that Dianne Feinstein is, of course, very concerned about unifying our party and, as a supporter of Hillary Clinton’s and because she had a convenient location and a very private location, I think it just worked. I know that both Barack and Hillary had talked earlier in the week about trying to find a time to get together, and this just seemed to work out well. Q: Did they enjoy eluding the media? Daschle: I don’t know how much they enjoyed it but it was one of those rare moments where they succeeded. Q: I had to ask that question. OK, so I have to take you back to 2001, where Senator McCain was rumored to be considering leaving the Republican party. And in an interview with The Hill, you talked about that. Can you tell us more about, I think you called it, quote “intensive talks” to bring him over to the Democrats? Daschle: Senator McCain at that point was very disenchanted. He felt very troubled by the way he was treated, by the party and by the Administ
