policy at that point, 2008. >> there was. what there wasn't was a big difference between mccain and candidate obama. after the first couple -- >> bush and -- >> mccain and obama 2008. after the first couple days their policies really aligned a lot more closely on georgia. as susan pointed out, at that time bush was on the sidelines, the more tempting weapon was to go after his handling of the iraq war. that's why bush skated through '08 without that much criticism and why barack obama today is a magnet for criticism. he still has a lot of time in the oval office. republicans looking to get a good position in midterms or in 2016 he makes a nice target. >> one of the lessons, susan, it doesn't matter what the approach is of the president. putin's going to do what he's going to do. >> i'm glad you made that point because in the end it's about putin. secretary clinton, people may pe debate her points but this is an action that wasn't putin looking at obama in the eye. this was putin op technical analystally seizing an entire