Jim Sasser (D), who was preparing a bid to become Senate majority leader and never realized Frist's threat until it was too late.

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Jim Sasser (D-TN), chairman of the Budget Committee.

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But to me and many people here today, like guys I see, Bill Bradley and Jim Sasser, who long left the Senate for greener pastures, and I hope better remuneration -- we used to kid about that, too -- but I -- for a lot of us, he was a friend, and he was a mentor and he was a guide.

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