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Wanted was secretary of state. >> that's true. but he offered me jobs that probably at a different time in my life i would have taken in a minute. they'd have been a great honor. i've got a big law firm. i've got a big con sulsulting f. i am extremely busy. at 72 years old, there was only one challenge that really was left for me. the others wouldn't have been a challenge. >> because you did it. >> and i think on the outside, i can be a very effective spokesman for his policies, maybe with a little more independence that you have. >> you've already proven that. >> well, you know i'm independen...

Trying to answer both. so break this down for us, jeff. this is really interesting. a couple weeks ago we have a judge down in washington appointed by or nominated by george w. bush who says this will not stand. we can't hoover up this meta data and keep it forever. this judge here in new york two weeks later appointed by clinton disappoi disappoigree disagrees. >> i've never seen something pre sicily like this. you have two judges, exactly the same legal issue inside a couple weeks deciding it completely differently. i think the big difference is that the judge here in new york said there's a...

If the person's a lawyer, it's going to depend on their legal philosop philosophy. that's going to be more important than what they did the last four years. >> we were just talking about how justice stevens was a surprise to gerald ford, but to conservatives in general because he was appointed by a republican. they expected him to be a conservative. the same happened with david suitor, appointed by president bush, the previous president bush. so, without a long track record of judicial judgments, how do you know where someone stands? >> you don't always know. we're in a different world than wh...