had done, talking about issues. >> the two sides meet to hammer out a format for the debate. >> cantor gets a call from clinton. he has an idea that plays to his strengths and highlights bush's weaknesses. he says, look, let's try a town hall type debate, have people ask the questions. said, they'll never agree to that. they'd be nuts. just try it, see what they will do. they said, yes. and i nearly fell out of my chair. >> i thought, oh, my god, these people have no idea what they've gotten theirselves into. they're going to walk into a town hall debate with bill clinton.