it was and he either had to leave or wave the flag. he was good at that. you would have thought it was a good idea. tlen we then there were the policies he was charged with implementing that he deeply agreed with. then he was a hurricane of eloquence and energy and force. he was a great diplomat because he was smart and he could learn and he could think. he could write. he could speak. most importantly, he could do. he never was in a meeting in his life when he wasn t thinking about, okay. what are we going to do? and he loved the doers.