my last medical exam i got a good report. >> larry: terry mcauliffe, you're as close to bill clinton as anyone. how's he doing? have you talked to him? >> i called up there. i talked to the folks in the recovery room. he is in great spirits. he'll probably be in tonight for observation, larry. he'll be out tomorrow morning. he'll be raring to go. the great story is he's been so passionate about helping folks in haiti. ta were wheeling him into the operating room, literally as they were about to go through the double doors he was still on a conference call in haiti. they said, i'm taking that phone away from you. right up until the time he went into surgery he was dealing with haiti. i think he'll take a day or two off. you know bill clinton. if anybody thinks this is going to change his lifestyle, you don't know bill clinton. he gets out of bed every day, try to figure out how he can help people. he's in great spirits. he will be back to his old self a couple days and going to be just as before he went in. >> larry: we're going to try to contact him tomorrow and get him to be with us

david gergen former adviser to president clinton is on boston and terry mcauliffe is on the phone.e we talk to the panel, quick look back. president clinton called into this show just before his heart surgery in 2004. listen. >> i know what's involved, and i know what the options are. i think that there's virtually - this blockage is substantial. i've been very lucky and don't have any heart damage now. if i do the procedure, it's been done now for some few decades, and an enormous number of them have done. you pointed out you had it, david letterman has had it, a whole slew of friends have had it. without exception the people i know have good years afterwards. i have to be really careful. i booked it and have to take it off. >> larry: have you heard from him or those close to him? >> he spoke to president obama around 6:00. he called former president clinton, and president bush has called. he's receiving calls from well wishers, and he's awake and alert and in good spirits. i bet he's watching this larry. he feels a kinship with you because of what you've been through before it. t