congress, lost congress. became a congressman. then was urged to run for senate, becomes u.n. ambassador at the time. richard nixon appointed him. head of the rnc when richard nixon had to resign. he wrote him a really fascinating letter the day before he resigned on august 7th, he resigned on august 8th. >> correct. >> saying for the good of the country and the presidency -- >> yeah. >> he was there for watergate. he was there for almost every big moment in the last two generations of history. >> yeah, he was. and, you know, prepared him to be president. >> yeah. >> i tell people george bush was the best one-term president we've ever had. nobody knows it. and this book is a way to start letting people understand why i say that. >> you know, we often hear the story on the day president reagan was shot by hinkley. and we hear what happened in the