or why when they got the call, steve friedman, who was bob rubin's senior partner at goldman sachs and left alone by rubin when rubin went to washington. and eight years later, ironically, steve friedman got offered the same job in the white house that bob rubin had had in national economic council. bush calls him up and insists he come do the job. he tells bush, look, i got heart arrhythmia, i don't know that i can do this. that kind of pressure is not going to be good for me. bush says, steve, my father had a heart arrhythmia. president bush, the first president bush, he was in world war ii. you can come with your heart arrhythmia and come and be and work in the white house. what could he say? that's exactly what he did. yes, i mean a whole nother book could have been and probably was written about vignettes about what washington did or paulsen did in washington. i wanted to stick -- you know, as you point out, there is a long enough book as it is. if i had delve into, you know, policies rubin had pursued in washington that may or may not have benefited goldman sachs or paulsen, peop

i tell a great story about how steve friedman who was bob reuben's co-senior partner at goldman sachsnd then was left alone by reuben when reuben went to washington and then, you know, eight years later ironically steve reuben got offered -- i mean, steve friedman got offered the same job in the white house that bob reuben had had at the national economic council. and bush calls him up and insists he come do this job, and he tells bush, look, i've got a heart i rivet my ya, i don't know that i can do this. that kind of pressure is not going to be good for me physically. and bush says, hey, steve, my father had a heart arrhythmia, he was in world war ii. yes, probably a whole other book could be written, paulson's own book gets into that. you point out this is a long enough book as it is. if i had delved into policies that reuben had pursued in washington that may or may not have benefited goldman sachs or paulson, you know, people have already written the story of what paulson did, you know, in the treasury during the bailout and what he may or may not have benefited goldman sachs. i

so i try to tell a few vignettes about what got people like bob reuben or john whitehead or steve friedmanr hank paulson interested in politics and why, you know, when they got the call -- i tell a great story about how steve friedman who was bob reuben's co-senior partner at goldman sachs and then was left alone by reuben when reuben went to washington, and, you know, eight years later, ironically, steve reuben got offered the same -- i mean, steve friedman got offered the same job in the white house that bob reuben had had in the national economic council. and how bush calls him up and insists he come do this job. and he tells bush, look, i've got physical ailments, i can't -- don't know that i can do this, that kind of pressure is not going to be good for me physically. and bush says, hey, steve, my father had a heart arrhythmia, president bush, the first president bush, he was in world war ii, you can come and -- with your heart arrhythmia and come work in the white house. what could he say? that's exactly what he did. so, you know, yes, a whole other book could be written and probably

alone when reubin went to washington and then eight years later i ron ackley steve got offered, steve friedman got offered the same job and the white house that bob rubin had in the national economic council you could come and work in the white house and that is exactly what he did. so, you know, yes, a whole nother book could have been written and probably has been written about the vignette of what ruben did in washington or friedman or paulson, paulson's book to get into that. i wanted to stick as you point out this is a long enough book as it is. if i had delved into policies rubin had pursued in washington that may or may not have benefited goldman sachs or paulson, people have already written the story of what paulson did in the treasury, during the bailout and what it may or may not have benefited goldman sachs i was mostly interested in how these guys would evolves in these positions at goldman sachs to the point they were willing to lead what has got to be seen as like the holy grail on wall street being the head of goldman sachs and willing to leave to go into washington and yes we h