in the documentary they use a clip from the movie sunset boulevard where norma desmond played by gloria clark is sitting there watching her old movie, one old queen measured against another. but to sam's point about box genius for friendship, even as you point out in your brilliant introduction, even in these dozen odd nemesis categories, you can see but struggling to find something nice to say. and this i think came from his deep, deep, deep sense of christianity which was so animated. >> if i can jump in, to the point of whether he pulled punches, these remembrances are strictly celebratory. even in the case of lionized figures. and people who are iconic in the conservative movement. so for example, his eulogy for winston churchill whom buckley had gone to see speak personally in 1949 is not hagiographic for winston churchill. he celebrates the accomplishments of churchill up to and including the victory in world war ii but then falls churchill for continuing to stay in office when he didn't have the stamina to prosecute the cold war properly. with the ensuing result that one third of