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I said I had no objection to Perot’s inclusion, not because I agreed that Perot would hurt Bush more—I wasn’t convinc The Israelis and the Palestinians still weren’t talking to each other in public, so the Americans went back and forth between the two groups as they moved around the rim of the room. I greeted them and said that if they’d wait for me to shower and get dressed for church, I’d take them into the Oval Office for a picture. Bush had already raised more money than Al and his primary opponent, former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley, combined.

He turned the offer down. Afterward, anyone who wanted to stay returned to the foyer of the White House for dancing. I later received word from Castro, indirectly of course, that the shootdown was a mistake. Hillary met me in Moscow.