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Tell you this, and i've had the first chance to see george h.w. bush at the presidential debate at university of michigan with ross perot and bill clinton and meet the man twice out of office. he was a genuine figure, a bigger than life figure, a man who was everything that you've heard. he was honest, he had unique qualities, he stood up and shook your hand and had a genuine interest in who you were as a person. some of the take away, a guy who was a combat pilot, an ambassador to the united nations, a gentleman who served america for decades and truly believed in america, in the people, and ...

Defeat, and certainly in victory, as well. he had been through campaigns that were not successful before. how tough was that one? >> in a way, it was tough, and in a way it wasn't. it was tough and that he lost the nomination but ronald reagan wisely asked him to be his running mate in order to unite the party, and so defeat turned into partial victory. he and reagan had a close relationship, and -- but you know, the thing about george w. bush that people need to remember, is this is a man of enormous courage, who was fearless. he entered the u.s. navy at the age of 18 as a combat pilot, the y...

Thank god for the cia. they're always an essential part of our briefing team. so remarkable guy. andover boy, 18-year-old combat pilot in world war ii. i had a lot of contact with him over the years, including when he came to my division, just prior to the attack on kuwait and iraq and the desert storm campaign. >> pretty extraordinary how he could end the fighting in about 100 hours. do you think that's among one of his greatest legacy, the shock and awe, which was so remarkable in the desert storm? >> well, yeah, sure. we had created a military, and bush and reagan were certainly a clear par...

Election. absolutely, martha left that all-important arizona district, there's a great candidate in that district but it is a 50/50 state and that will be a battleground seat to keep the majority in the house and i know martha took that into consideration when she left what she wanted to run for senate. she would be such a great senator for arizona, i can't imagine arizona choosing somebody who said that arizona is the meth lab of democracy, over a combat pilot like martha mcsally but that is a tight, tight race and it will come down again to voter turnout. >> harris: a few weeks ago and that ...

Why do you think mcsally is the big arbiter? >> if the republicans win this they stand the likelihood of gaining seats in the senate. if they lose it, they don't. an indicator. it will be -- they've already started voting there. they vote early. bust it will close a little bit later in the evening. the big county is right here, maricopa county, most of the state's population. sinema has represented it for a number of terms in congress. she started as a ralph nader supporter in 2000. ran as a green party candidate for the state legislature and lost. was a pretty liberal member of the legislatur...