together, and to remove saddam hussein from kuwait. but the man -- bret was right. this is a man of enormous character. he made a long list of public accomplishments. we could keep going. remember, this was the captain of the ncaa national college baseball champions, one of the things that he had in the office at the republican national committee was a picture of him and babe ruth, one of his treasured possessions. he had a wonderful sense of humor. i think that is why he and mr. baker, jim baker, my boss back when i worked for him in 1977 end '78, the two of them told each other jokes, some of the worst jokes you've ever heard in your life. you laugh at the fact that you were laughing at them. i want to see goodbye to him a couple of weeks before the elecs feeling but the mind was there, and the sense of humor was thers