[laughr] he wasreallynteresting, and what distinguished him was his independence. he s a columst who did reporting so he d not have to be edited by anybody. he said exactly what he believed. it was his independence that made him so invaluable. >> he was always very ne to be even though am sure he considered my politics deplorable. i think it waslways a surprise to him that people d not lik him becauseof his politics. he was always able to separate in his mind h core humanity from simplhis political beliefs. >> that isabsolutely right. is so funny that he was called the princef darkness. that was hipublic persona, but he was suca dect, nice pers personally that it is a mismatch. on hewitt -- we could do a whole show about don hewitt. he was producing television news when most were lisning to the radio. he did t kennedy-nixon debates, produced the first half-hour evening newscast, oduced about 60 minutes," where he demonrated that it is possible to makeoney doing newsprint will leave it up to others to decide wheth that was go or bad another gre newsman died, an ten,