else. wouldn t it be wonderful if we were talking about the elected members of congress doing the same thing today. and elise, we have a hillary clinton vote and a none of the above vote by the former presidents? it doesn t surprise me that president bush that both presidents chose the honorable path. i think that validating this current president s behavior is something that historians it is not going to reflect lightly on those who were complicit in the worst of this administration. yeah. all right, guys, thank you very much. if you guys want to stick around as we watch the president ascend the stairs there, he s going to be boarding air force one and taking off. again, he ll be leaving for japan and arriving it s going to take about eight plus hours. that s a long flight ahead following the ten-hour flight the president had there with the first lady. he ll be arriving there this evening. but i m joined right now also,
appeared in his campaign ad. it got attention last week when the democratic national convention used a video featuring heavily the killing of usama bin laden. here is a clip. this is a guy who has a backbone like a ramrod. good evening. tonight i can report to the american p the orlandor world . he took the order and the more honorable path. and the one that produced the best result. megyn: it went on. and several speaker went on and on about the killing of usama bin laden. is that appropriate? what is appropriate when it comes to campaigns and the war on terror? joining me now ed rollins. he has had major roles in nine other national campaigns and joe
we were only about 50% sure that bin laden was in that compound. but i had 100% confidence in our navy s.e.a.l.s. i sat in that room with him when we were getting feeds on what was going on at the time. he sat there resolute, concer d concerned. just watching. got him. confirm it. just boom, boom, boom. then came and explained to everybody the next day what happened. this is a guy who as i said has a backbone like a ramrod. good evening. tonight i can report to the american people and to the wo d world he took the harder and the more honorable path. and the one that produced in my opinion the best result.
like segment. he tends to go off script sometimes. mr. clinton has been raising money for mr. obama. he also reported an ad recorded an ad that praises the president s call on the osama bin laden mission. he took the harder and the more honorable path. when i saw what had happened, i thought to myself, i hope that s the call i want to make. mr. clinton may see the reelection as good for hillary clinton in case she wants to run for president again in 2016. ordinary vice president biden would be speaking, but since democrats have decided to let mr. clinton basically own the evening, the vice president will speak before the president tomorrow. gretchen? gretchen: very interesting. wendell goler, we look forward to the speech tonight. steve: on abc s home page right now, there is a headline that reads simply, for democrats, there is no god in 2012, at least as far as the party s platform is concerned. nor is there a jerusalem.
suppose they had been to capture instead of kill, the downside would have been horrible for him but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path. and the one that produced in my opinion the best results. it s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars trying to catch one person. he was referring to the hunt of usama bin laden, what did you mean by that? it s generated a little controversy, given usama bin laden s role in killing over 3,000 americans on 9/11. he had to decide. that s what we want our president to do. you hire the president to make