has decided to lay down their arms for at least a week. >> it certainly makes things much more difficult for idiots and bad people. we have not only a state funeral going on but you have the effusive praise for the bipartisanship decency, honesty, fundamental goodness, and by the way, something very short supply in washington these days. a man who is willing to take political risks. they may have cost him a second term but a man who is willing to say, you know what? i've got to get something done so i'm going to lay it on the line and take a risk with my own political capital. you don't see that in washington. >> dana: in your book that just came out this fall, "every man a king," you have a chapter about ross perot. tell me about george h.w. bush and his one term factor. >> it sounds just like it is now, people were concerned about