years about talking about how he had little opponents wanted to see him retire and he said, you will have to deal with me for a lot longer. peter made this point earlier. you go up to him in the hallway and ask a question and he says ed henry, you jerk. what you want? as grant was with saint monico it was his sense of humor but he was tough, rough but he also like to spar with you and he did that with president trump, did that with barack obama and reporters. john: douglas, he was an economic advisor to the senator's campaign for president in 2008 and doug is good enough to join us now. douglas, this was a remarkable american. you know, i was on the air yesterday morning when we learned that he had decided to forgo treatment for any further treatment for his brain cancer.