c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. eher hasr: jim la died. according to a statement he died peacefully in his sleep at home. he was 85 years old. on c-span sappeared afterwards program to talk about , televised debates from o obama-nixon toy -mccain. you are the only person who has moderated 11 debates alone. you are the man in the middle seat at the center at that stage. you have written fiction about these debates, but have never told us what it is like to be in the middle of it. why did you decide to write a nonfiction book about debates? i thought it was time to do it. 2008, i did one of the obama-mccain debates, i knew this was going to be my last presidential debate, so i decided to collect my thoughts, taking a lot of notes, do what i can, and i realize i had some things i wanted to say that would be hard to say if i was still about to do another debate or whatever, so not that i had settle,, any scores to but i thought it was time to share it. i believe so