to get a hold of the fbi and turn over the materials to them. what was disappointing, of course, was i had to recuse miles fr myself from the campaign of my close personal friend. i had been his debate partner. i played bill bradley during the 2000 primaries, i played jack kemp in the past. there was something that had to be done. >> there are people that suggested your taking yourself out of the debate hurt him and his chances. do you have second thoughts and think, wow, if the debate prep had been a little stronger, had his performance been a little stronger, al gore might have been president of the united states? >> no, i don't think about that. i'm sorry that al lost and i think that there are lots of reason why that happened. what was more interesting about all of this was george bush's reaction to this. he said at the time, "i'd like to shake his hand if i ever meet him." well, i did meet president bush