joe giordano who set up the trauma unit, who saved reagan's life the third time this day says, mr.sident, today we're all republicans, that's ironic because joe giordano is about as liberal as they come. the doctors and nurses suspect that when he was in the o.r., he knew he needed them to act normally and professionally and he needed to reduce the tension in the room. that's why he did that. he was in the hospital for 11, until april 11th. 12 days after the shooting. and 13 days total. and when he was in the operating room, he went through surgery, ben aaron retrieved the bullet. and i interviewed, fascinating how routine the hospital tried to keep things. during his surgery, aaron, a very by-the-books, former military man, wanted to insure his own team was there, his normal team. even had a 31-year-old surgical intern with him. and the 31-year-old surgical intern, david reached into the president's chest and pulled the president's beating heart aside with his hand to give ben aaron more room to find the bullet. they had to find the bullet. think of that 31-year-old, the president