CSPAN3 The Presidency March 28, 2015
Three times, maybe for at most. And when they finally did, they spent their time together locked in political combat. One was a proud and brilliant radical. An advocate for Racial Justice who ran out of patience with the status quo. The other was an ingenious master of the arts of compromise, exquisite political timing, leading when necessary from behind. One would save the union and slowly cure its major defect slavery. The other would free all slaves immediately, even if it meant destroying slavery and the union together. They expressed their views with uncommon eloquence, two of the most fa...