i don't mind what you did. i mind the way you did it. >> the thing about bernstein that i think you captured so well was his assuredness about how right he was, at the same time, totally intuitive and instinctive, where he had to push woodward. and how you have to rewrite me because you're a better writer. and you do it without even thinking. >> woodward was didactic. he would go a, b, c, d in his investigative work. and bernstein would go a, b, h. >> we had the luxury of a fat, dynamic institution in the "washington post," it was right at its peak. >> there has always been some chicannery in american politics, you're always going to have some underhanded dealings. nothing comparable to this. >> ended up that woodward and bernstein ushered in a new era of journalism that opened up the white house in a way that would have made lbj and jfk and fdr very uncomfortable.