the affordable care act through congress. former senator max baucus related that story to huff post. quote, he s a westerner. he gets to the point. he doesn t mince words and he hangs up on you. once the president said, whoo, he hung up on me! and his adviser said, look, he hangs up on everybody. and despite as coming across as soft spokesman in public, reid and his team were never one to shy away from a fight. i love this story from 2008 that zach carter played in politico, of trying to get reaction from using a quote from reid from grover norquist as bait. quote, when i presented the quote to reid s spokesperson, jim manley, he replied, well, zach carter, you tell grover n y once told to go f himself and his response is perhaps the best