Delaware News Journal. Friday, 5/26/2006
_____________________________________________

Delaware's Mike Castle will have key role in negotiations


WASHINGTON -- Now comes the hard work of merging the two very different bills into one final version.


Part of that thankless task falls to Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., who will be working behind the scenes to try to persuade wary House Republicans to consider a final bill that may look more like the Senate version.


"This doesn't lend itself to an easy approach," said Castle, who was tapped for the negotiator's job by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., one of the architects of the Senate bill. "I think the final bill has to be closer to the Senate version."