series of one liners, by the late great comedian henny youngman. >> really? >> oh, my goodness and laughing all the way. >> and that connected you guys? >> i think that connected us. we both like to laugh. >> he does love literature. oh, my god he traveled the globe 100 times probably and i think he would jump out of the plane if he didn't have a book. >> mostly fiction or nonfiction? >> history. history. he can tell you about every night temparticullar because hee about them. >> he reads history. wouldn't be surprised that he reads fiction too and certain favorite books of fiction like hemingway's -- >> for whom the bell tolls. >> goes back to that all the time. >> what do his favorite authors tell you about john mccain? >> that he really believes in the romantic ideal of fighting for one's belief, even if you know you're going to fail. >> he's really obsessed with figures larger than life.