but frankly around the issues of iraq it did become very difficult and to a certain extent dysfunctional and that s when it is harder. are you read, for example, dick cheney s book and donald rumsfeld s book and things written about you? i was writing this book so i didn t have a chance to read those. you are aware of some of the comments? i am aware any response. i said many times my friend done rumsfeld is just kind of grumpy. [laughter] by the way, tv hosts never have these con flicks. we get along so wonderfully all the time. there s never any nitpicky, backstabbing in fighting. and the vice president and i just didn t agree a lot. i have enormous respect for him, for his storied career. when we didn t agree we actually did it in a civil way. i never felt it was personal. i know that he was disappointed in some of the decisions that the president decided to take,