he poignantly saluted the casket of fellow republican but frequent rival george bush, and to the end dole kept the trademark humor so familiar to those who knew him and so surprising to those who did not. we always tried to have a little fun. my view is it s not any fun, it s not worth doing. you look at your life and your own reflerks and i think success and failure are not opposites. it s just part of your life. my cnn colleague wolf blitzer joining me right now on the phone with his reflections. wolf, you know, what do you think dole s legacy will be? i mean, that was a beautiful tapestry of all that he has done, but what stands out particularly? he was simply a great american, fredericka. he was really an amazing politician. i got to know him over the years covering washington, and i was always impressed, not only by the substance of what he had to say but the way he delivered his