clinton and newt gingrich circa 1995. by the end of that year, those two men would find themselves on opposing ends of the longest government shutdown of u.s. history. it would not be long before newt gingrich was leading a failed impeachment crusade to try to remove president clinton from office. but in june 1995, those two guys held a town hall event together. it remains the only town hall event held jointly by a sitting president and the speaker of the house. at one point they agreed on the spot to work together on something. >> i've never heard this proposed before. maybe if we had a ribbon commission of people that had respect and integrity that would look at the lobbying process. >> i thought you were talking about health care reform. >> no, you want to do it on lobby reform? in a heartbeat. i accept. >> mr. president -- >> because otherwise, we cannot