SEN. REID: John McCain–a day or two after the election, I called John. We’ve served–we came to Washington together in 1982. We’ve been together in the House and we came to the Senate together. And we talked about the campaign. We had both said things about each other that probably we shouldn’t have, but we did. He’s my friend. He said, “Harry, I, I want to come back to the Senate. We want to do some good things. I want to work with you.”
MR. GREGORY: Mm-hmm.
SEN. REID: “We need comprehensive immigration reform.” That was a conversation I had with John McCain. Yes, we need comprehensive immigration reform. And what does that mean? It means we have to make sure our borders are protected, our northern and southern borders. We have to do something about the millions of people here who are undocumented. We have to put them on, on a pathway to legalization. Does that mean that they get to the head of the line? Of course not. They’d have penalties and fines and learn English and stay out of trouble. We have to also do something on a guest worker program and we have to do something about the employer sanctions that works. John McCain believes that should happen. I believe that should happen.
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