rohit told him what he was thinking, and senator graham listened. and then he told him he thought it would be a much better idea if he came back to the senate and worked for him instead. so senator graham can be pretty persuasive. rohit agreed, and he has been here ever since. now, it wasn't a straight line. about a month after rohit got here, gram announced he wasn't running for re-election, but over the year that followed, he impressed a lot of folks, and it wasn't long before senator lott picked up the phone and asked him if he would join him in the leader's office. rohit accepted, then spent pretty much of his entire time there figuring out how to get the department of homeland security up and running in such a way that it wouldn't be hamstrung by union rules. then over a holiday weekend in late 2002, he got a taste of things to come. president bush wanted d.h.s. approved and rohit and other key staffers had a holiday weekend to do it. they started writing the bill on a thursday night and wrapped it up by tuesday morning. rohit stuck around duri

coming up next we will talk withrohit chop -- with rohit chopra. later jack gerard will react to the president's climate agenda and the future of the keystone xl pipeline. we will be right back. lex earlier someone touched upon the idea that women could not really predict their role in entering into the white house. i did finally one political observer who commented at the 1860 election merri started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor young man and had no idea of being called to the presidency. i tried to lay out an educated guess that mary lincoln would not let something like human sacrifice come between her and her goal. she was a very determined woman. she did talk about mr. lincoln 's role of entering the white house. she was someone who was a true political partner. >> as we continue our conversation on first ladies we will hear from historians and authors, including catherine clinton about the role of the first lady and how it has changed with the nation. we are bullish on cable. obviously, initially it was video and over time it has .ecome