I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

Though Breaux was considered a popular politician in Louisiana he was unable to dictate his successor in the Senate. Since leaving office Breaux has spearheaded his own national campaign “Ceasefire on Health Care: Finding Common Ground for the Uninsured. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987.

John Berlinger Breaux (pron. : /ˈbroʊ/; born March 1 1944) is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005.