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Here with us now, mark leibovich. he wrote the cover story of this weekend's "new york times" magazine on the, quote, post-shame mccain. in it, mark writes this part, john mccain is a cliché. many of us become walking self caricatures at a certain point and politicians can be particularly vulnerable. they engage in a lot of self-method ol guising and no one in washington has been the subject and perpetrator of more myth taking than mccain, the maverick, the former maverick, the bridge builder, the war hero, the sore loser, old bull, last lion, loose cannocannon.

You were there, did it give you and does it give you insight into what they are today? >> when you look at the stories of barack obama the bridge builder or stories of mitt romney who may have been a little distant from a group of people, but had strong connections with individuals that he felt a personal tie to. you can see echoes of that today. generally speaking i think it's helpful to understand the president or presidential candidate through many lenses whether you are talking about the policy proposals or the profile they had in law school 20 or 30 years ago. >> i can't as a pick up bask...