of a full-on politician has drawn sharp criticism. joining me from new york to talk about the decision is cnn's president. john klein, welcome. >> hi, howie. thanks. >> why did you want a man who proved unfit to serve as new york who resigned in disgrace, as part of this network? >> eliot spitzer still has a lot of ideas to contribute. a lot of things to say. and i think our viewers are going to find him an interesting person to tune in to every night. >> are you not troubled by what we he went through when he was governor? >> yeah. i mean, it's obviously an issue. and it's something that we gave considerable thought to as we weighed the decision. but ultimately, the fact that he had acknowledged his mistakes, had apologized for them and still was very much engaged in the world of ideas tilted the balance for us very heavily. i mean, he's an extremely well versed, thoughtful person who has been writing columns on slate, who has appeared on