brian macklin is the last time you talked to him? >> guest: a few weeks ago. c-span: what was his reaction to the book? >> guest: i think he enjoyed it. i had the great privilege of going down a couple of times and reading the book to him and mrs. bush before she passed and then also president bush himself at kennebunkport. it is a remarkable opportunity very few historians ever gets to read their work to their subject. c-span: why did you do that and why did he listen? >> guest: first of all because i thought it would be really cool, but second because president bush asked, or his staff asked because he was having difficulty with his eyes and couldn't read as much as he would like to. people were reading to him daily and he thought this would be a book you would want to read and we have a very positive relationship and it would be a chance to catch up. i do remember saying most people have audiotapes and it was explained to me when you were a former president of the united states people read to you. c-span: i don't want to exaggerate what you are critical of