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>> i love you, precious, with all my heart. how often i have thought about the immeasurable joy that will be ours some day. how lucky our children will be to have a mother like you. >> reporter: two of those children would solidify the bush political dynasty as president and florida governor. but in a surprising comment in 2013, as talk of a presidential run by jeb swirled, the matriarch told nbc's "today" show there should be a limit on the family's white house claim. >> there are other people out there that are very qualified and we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: after jeb did decide to ...

The staff and how much they loved them. but one of the things that the bushes did for the secret service was on holidays, on christmas, on new year's, they would always stay home and stay in, so that as many secret service agents as possible could be with their family. or when they went to the vatican to see the pope, the president would say, who's roman catholic, and he would always make sure that they were in to these visits. and that kind of courtesy and consideration speaks volumes. and i think it's the reason why you're seeing this kind of expression of condolences tonight. i just want to...

Our boys that are in politics but exactly the same for others. >> can you honestly say, you love every child equally? >> absolutely. >> marvin is as important. and jeb is as important. >> they are all very loyal. if george gets hurt, marvin gets hurt. and all the way down the line. they are very loyal, loving. and maybe that is what politics does for you, it draws you apart or together. in our case, it drew us together, i think. >> poignant ending there, mark. and i think part of what captures in that exchange, not just the warmth that they had for each other, but also the talking about their ...

First lady's role. >> i think the the person who has the courage to run for the office is the one you should hear. not the wife or the husband. having said that, of course i told george how i felt. >> for george and barbara, their more than 60 years together included decades of devotion. this letter to her written by george while he was serving in world war ii. >> i love you, precious, with all my heart and to know you love me means my life. houf often i've thought about the immeasurable joy. how lucky our children will be to have a mother like you. >> two of those children, george w. and jeb,...

Governor. in a surprising comment in 2013, as talk of a presidential run by jeb swirled, the matriarch told the "today" show there should be a limit on the family's white house claim. >> there are other people out there that are very qualified. we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: after jeb did run for the 2016 republican nomination, she fully backed him and hit the campaign trail. >> he's decent, honest. he's everything we need in a president. [ applause ] >> reporter: in or out of politics, the legacy barbara bush nurtured will live on through her family, children, and grandchildren. >> i k...