15 minutes later, i'm off the phone, thinking to myself this guy knows what he doesn't know and he's in a hurry to find out. it's curiosity and humility. those two things are m.i.a. these days. it's a sad time but it's a reminder of what character and the leadership and presidency is all about. >> in the cable business, we often focus on what a president does. as you work on the baker buyography, one of the things many people don't understand is what didn't happen as a result of his presidency. everyone's wondering what's going to happen in the world. and nothing happened. that's part of the legacy, isn't it? >> well, that's right. >> the world changed completely. nothing bad happened. >> george h.w. bush did not want to spike the football. that was his phrase. at the end of the cold war. he understood very much the cost of the peaceful break you-up of