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dr. howard dean, former chairman, democratic national committee. former governor of vermont. author of "howard dean's prescription for real health care reform." dr. bill frist, former republican senator from tennessee, was senate majority leader. he's a heart and lung transplant surgeon and author of "a heart to serve: the passion to bring health, hope and healing." we start with dr. dean. what, if anything, did the health care summit accomplish, howard? >> i thought it was refreshing to have people in the same room who had been at each other's throat for a year talking mostly policy. some politics. mostly policy. i think that was a good thing for both the republicans and the president. >> larry: what do you think, bill? >> well, first o all it was amazing to me after having spent 12 years here, 6 years with president clinton, years with president bush, having been majority leader i saw nothing like that. to have the president of the united states spend seven hours moderating in a very fair fashion some really good ideas from both sides of the aisle. i thought it was very, ver