mark leibovich, you knew howard and worked with him. certainly, i know, like me, you had to look up to him because, man, he was a titan at "newsweek" and beyond. >> like a lot of people in this business, i mean, who you look up to, you know them first as a byline. i remember when i was first starting out in journalism, "newsweek" was at the peak of its powers. i used to love reading "newsweek" for its political stuff. i think it was the 1992 cycle, i was in my 20s. i was up in new hampshire for the first time for a presidential primary, and i met howard fineman, this giant who i had been reading for many, many years. he was then at "newsweek," and i was somewhat in awe. he could not have been nicer. he was helpful in showing me around, introducing me to people. loved to tell stories. he kind of got the joke in that kind of wise guy, political reporter way. i always appreciated seeing someone who was so -- you know, he loved the game, he loved journalism, but also loved what was inherit to what we do. especially when we'd run into each o