serious conversation with president clinton about a whole range of issue, and they got some things that they wanted. they had to give the democrats some things that the democrats wanted. but it took on, you know, a sense of normal democratic process. >> is that the way you remembered it, newt? >> i'm always amazed at president obama's either misunderstanding or deliberate falsification of history. and there were at least three occasions on this particular press briefing where he said things actually false. since i was a witness, let me correct it. we had a very tough, but very consistent negotiation with president clinton. unlike president obama, president clinton kept talking. we talked by telephone. we talked in person. we negotiated. we had a clear understanding of where each other was. and we understood that neither of us had the right, either representing the legislative or the executive, neither of us had the right to just walk out of