. >> host: paul is joining us from springvail, maine. go ahead, please. >> caller: john, you may recall in an article that tom wolf wrote for playboy, he said, who could ever have imagined that richard nixon would turn out to be richard nixon? i want to thank you for all of us for having been john dean. we needed you then, and we need you now. i've enjoyed your insights into the washington scene for now coming up on 40 years. i have a couple quick questions. i understand there's a story that in may of 1970 we went to def con i during the nixon administration, and there's nothing you can google on it. i haven't been able to find it anyway. also, bill cohen who was bill clinton's secretary of defense has also said the same thing about cheney, do you feel that we have missed an opportunity by not holding this last administration's feet to the fire? and finally, what's your take on sarah palin? >> guest: on def con i've heard the same thing, on sarah palin i'm a spectator, i don't know. there are certain nixonian qualities about ms. palin, b