pain must be truly unbearable tonight. thank you very much. and with me now is andy card, former white house chief of staff under president george w. bush. and andy, as you think back on that 2000 campaign and how tough that was, and then over the years how president bush and john mccain and you in the middle worked together on some very big policies. >> well i didn't play much of a role. it was truly john mccain and george w. bush recognizing that the greater good is worth the effort to put into making a way to find it -- find the greater good. and john mccain -- look he was a tough negotiator and he had sharp elbows and could be pretty angry at times. but he would find a way to find common ground. and he would work at it. he would invite people to stand