that. but you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice paddies in vietnam. now, as for that attack on romney on vietnam, top republicans from utah, orrin hatch and mike lee both defended the massachusetts governor and former presidential candidate. and it should be noted that the president received draft deferments during the vietnam war for bone spurs and did not serve in combat. steve bannon did not attack the president for that. we should point out, white house aid kellyanne conway made a point of telling cnn earlier today that the president spoke with romney over the phone last night and they had a, quote, wonderful conversation. wolf? jim, thank you, over at the white house. lots to discuss with thomas friedman, the veteran columnist for the new york times and the author of the best-selling book thank you for being late, now out in paperback. thank you for joining us. in your latest column just pointed at the new york t
collaboration to actually acknowledge the shared humanity of whatever is going on. professor, wonderful book, wonderful conversation. jimmy, i apologize for the verbosity that has excluded you from that particular event, except i know you come back all the time, so i don t feel that bad about it. what money can t buy is the title. we ll see karen, susan and jimmy in the days shortly ahead. we take a break here to discuss not only ethics and values but our own culture around them. b biff ratigan on some foul ball behavior in baseball land from a crying kid.
event where bannon attacked republican mitt romney, a moore critic, for following his faith instead of fighting in vietnam. and, by the way, mitt, while we re on the subject of vietnam and honor and integrity, you avoided service, brother. right? okay, mitt, mitt, here s how it is, brother. the college deferments, you know, we can debate that, but you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice patties in vietnam. reporter: now on that attack from steve bannon, top republicans from utah orrin hatch and mike lee both defended romney. he received draft deferments for bone spurs and never served in combat. white house counselor kellyanne conway made a point of telling cnn earlier today, wolf, that the president spoke with romney over the phone and they had a, quote, wonderful conversation. wolf? jim, did the president sign the waiver to keep the u.s.