i have a lot of respect for him. he has always been straightforward and honest with me. we agree to disagree on the issues of the day but i think he has been pretty good on security stuff and i think that is important. >> sean: reaction? >> there is a a story behind that. i think both of us were being prepared to be attack dogs which is the normal role of the vice presidential candidates or very often in the debate to attack the other party's presidential candidate. after the first bush gore debate i think both of us got the same advise from the consultant and pollsters the public didn't like the attack. go out there and talk about the issues. and i thought it was a great debate and we had wonderful public reaction to it because we did talk about the issues. we disagreed but we didn't do it in a -- >> sean: it was civil. >> a very civil debate and high ended debate and i appreciate it. >> sean: i got a call i won't