hoover when they were young men. he was a key financial backer of barry goldwater, ronald reagan, newt gingrich, and more recently the tea party group freedom works. he was also an alcoholic with two failed marriages and a professed belief in open marriage, when he acknowledged in a 2008 interview with "vanity fair," in which he also described a pleasant lunch he'd recently had with bill clinton. he told the magazine, philandering is something bill clinton and i have in common, adding, i never met such a charismatic man in my whole life. clinton reportedly gave him an autographed copy of his book, and he made a $100,000 donation to the clinton global initiative. that summer, his paper's editorial board endorsed hillary clinton for president in the primary. the clintons and scafe in the end became friends, which goes to show you there's nothing in this world so persistent as irony. that wraps things up for "the reid report." be sure to visit us online.