CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper August 8, 2013 20:15:00
>> this is my last election. and after my election i have more flexibility. >> that, of course, president obama speaking with then russian leader dimitri medvedev talking about flexibility. do you think the president needed to be harder on russia all along and do you think canceling this meeting goes far enough? >> in 2008 campaign i looked into vladimir putin's eyes and saw three letters, a k, a g and a b. this is an old line kgb colonel that has dreams of the reincarnation of the old russian empire. the russians have reset. they've reset back to about 1955. so we need to do a lot of things. ...