and the use of media and images, what did you take away from what happened with your family, with lani guinier, in that year? >> well, she was denied the opportunity to even, um, present who she was to the larger public, to defend her positions and her writings before congress and let them decide, since they actually had the authority in terms of advice and consent. and largely, i think it was a consequence of, uh, president clinton not willing to fight the good fight for, um, principles as well as a friend. and that, um... he was under assault at the time. he had just, uh... he was being pushed back with his own initiatives in terms of health care and gays in the military at the time, so a lot of it, i think, had to do with unfortunate timing. >> hinojosa: well, what was that like to essentially realize that, you know, here are these ideas, and essentially in our country... >> well, good ideas don't always... >> hinojosa: freedom of speech and essentially... >> ...have an opportunity to be heard. what it showed me is that even someone who is very bright, who is articulate, who is read