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Up, to which much is given, much is expected. and i think that the kindness and consideration, not only to the white house staff, but to everybody who stepped into the oval office, to his political opponents, the letter he wrote to bill clinton after bill clinton beat him for the presidency, is something now we think of when we think of, when we think of george w. bush. when we think of that h.w. bush and we think of that tradition of passing something along to somebody, so they can make something of it. and in that letter, when he said, i am rooting hard for you, just kind of sticks with me, ...

We'll never forget that. >> sandra: that's a remarkable story and a special one as well. former vice president dan quayle, wonderful to have you on the program this morning, sir. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> jon: let's get back to our conversation with brit hume. brit, our brain room does such wonderful research. every president makes history in his own way. but it had been since 1836 martin van buren when a sitting vice president was elected to the presidency to follow the man he had been serving with. george h.w. bush did that and it was, as has been pointed out, one term but a ...

Environment. a media ecosystem when george herbert walker bush was president. there were formal news conferences before the age of the internet and before cable exploded into what it is now. so he had -- he may have lacked the vision thing, but he had a lot of issues he cared about, and he was quite comfortable expressing them. sometimes awkwardly. but trying to express them through the adjournisjournalist media who attended. >> and an interesting point about the media environment back then. in some ways, george h.w. bush was the last president before the worldwide web, the last president befo...

Mr. purdy. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> i believe you said politics did not come natural for president bush. but he pulled it off, didn't he? what did he have that helped him succeed? >> he pulled it off. he was at the right place at many times. he was helped by his upbringing. his father was a u.s. senator from connecticut and bush just seemed to rise at the right point, at the right time, but what he lacked is what he called the vision thing. he was known for his being adept at foreign policy but less so at domestic policy, which is one of the things that p...

A great patriot, scholarly with a marvelous resume. he knew the world, he knew the country. with a great vision he often equipped about that vision thing. but he did have a vision. and he knew where he wanted his speeches to go, so he was easy to work with in that sense. never rude, never mean. hated the film flap, phoney baloney quality of politics. the viciousness that enveloped politics today. it was far less present when he was president. i think a lot of people would welcome the possibility that someone like him could be president today. eric: how do we get back to that tone in this count...