venues. david particularly in his book race in the union, has examined the postwar culture in america and eric has literally written the book reconstruction. has this wonderful new book that takes a look at lincoln s evolution on this issue, where it took the country. let me start by observing something that you all know, which is we are living in or maybe living through is a better era in which raw emotions are being continually laid bare about the status of americans, race relations, refugee status. we all know recent examples. let me tell you about one that occurred some months ago, but may have slipped through the cracks as we focus on current events. , hillary clinton was appearing in iowa, defending her choice, interestingly, as abraham lincoln as her favorite president. they asked secretary clinton, who is your favorite president? she said, i m sorry, bill. it s a ram lincoln. why, she was asked. it s abraham lincoln. why, she was asked. she said because he was w