he wrote a wonderful book on the battle of laity gulf which a friend of mine got me, i got autographed from him. so i wanted to make sure when i knew that was coming i read "being nixon" which i think is one of the best and, honestfully, most sympathetic -- honestly, most sympathetic portraits of reu67 ard nixon i've ever read. one of the nice things in this business is you do have those opportunities perhaps more than a lot of other people do. >> host: so on that night that evan thomas was at the library of congress, how many members -- >> guest: quite a few. they're probably -- and very bipartisan. probably at least 50, i would say there, a lot of couples, you know? but it got a big turnout. and, again, you know, it's just a terrific book. i was actually sitting next to ken calvert who had, i think he was, like, chairman of california youth for nixon. he knew nixon very well, and he was telling me about the congratulatory call he got from thing in son the night -- from nixon the night he won his congressional seat in '92. he was talking about a guy who we both know, a senior republic