me abforgiveness for that as well. >> with us opinion columnist for "the new york times" charles blow and former adviser to four u.s. presidents, republican and exact. david gergen. your response to what we heard from booker. >> magnanimous. and that's great. i do think his question about why it took so long is valid. i can't imagine something that could be handled worse than the way biden handled this. he hurt himself and didn't have to do that. it's perfectly normal to recognize a person's pain, empathize with that. apologize for it. and -- and move on from that. and that could have happened immediately. but biden almost felt gristled at the idea that you could have felt pain, which is such an odd response to that. and it is a fair criticism, because it did sound like he was