the others, this is a classic case, isn't it, of a thing well done? >> reporter: yeah. i mean today -- first of all, larry, let me say i'm glad you're doing well. you didn't share that with me, but i'm glad to hear that the procedure you had a few weeks ago, you're feeling well. that's good news. this does happen and as dr. isom and dr. schwartz both pointed out this has more to do with the natural history of his heart disease. he had this bypass operation six years ago. i know a lot of people have had bypass operations they've done well for 20, 30 years. sometimes you get blockages that occur in those bypass grafts and in this case they decided we're going to leave the bypass graft alone. we're going to open up the artery that was blocked in the first place. that's what they did today and sounds like it went very well for him. >> larry: david gergen, do you think he might slow down? >> well, thank goodness he's doing as well as he is. larry, i actually think he might. he's been living a relentless