subjective evaluations that larry has been talking about. >> reporting about the president's intentions to pardon scooter libby. larry, relevant? >> yes. you know, i think all of this is relevant to how he views the role of the president in terms of trying to let people go, how he views the loyalty of government officials. i think it may reflect that he thinks that scooter libby was loyal, was trying to defend his president, and, therefore, he should be let go. but i don't think it's relevant to anything -- any legal liability -- >> the timing? >> he has the right to do it. >> the timing, michael? >> again, it's probative of the president's state of mind. there's sort of like a ghost of christmas future here. scooter libby, remember, was convicted of perjury, false statements, obstruction of justice, in the leak of valerie plame's identity. so a leak investigation about a war that he campaigned he was against, and the defenders of