when he came in the door and sat down with us. because not a lot of people wanted to sit down with us and hang out, but tim did and it meant so much to us. we'll never forget it. >> he had a genuine love of politics, that stemmed well beyond when he began doing "meet the press" and working for nbc. working for mario cuomo. working for pat moynihan. a genuine love and respect for politics and more importantly the people who practiced politics. the members of the house, the members of the senate and his gift was, at "meet the press," this is what i think, what his demeanor. he had a demeanor that played well both in person, obviously, but on tv as well. it wasn't a gotcha demeanor, as is so prevalent today. it was him. >> it wasn't a gotcha demeanor but he invented the whole idea of going back and getting the clips and saying well senator, let's show a clip of what you