Monday November 5, 2007 17:49 EST
Why is this man crying?
Maybe I'm thinking too much about waterboarding lately, but I was blown away by the video of George H.W. Bush on Fox News getting choked up when talking about the way American soldiers treated Iraqi prisoners -- with dignity! -- during the first Gulf War. Watch it here:
-- Joan Walsh
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