MR. CLINTON NEVER HAD. MATT BRADLEY TAKES A LOOK AT THEIR ENDURING MATT BRADLEY TAKES A LOOK AT THEIR ENDURING FRIENDSHIP. LOOK AT THEIR ENDURING FRIENDSHIP. >> Reporter: SOME FRIENDSHIP. >> Reporter: SOME CALLED THEM THE ODD >> Reporter: SOME CALLED THEM THE ODD COUPLE. CALLED THEM THE ODD COUPLE. FORMER PRESIDENTS, COUPLE. FORMER PRESIDENTS, FORMER RIVALS WHO FORMER PRESIDENTS, FORMER RIVALS WHO OVERCAME PROFOUND FORMER RIVALS WHO OVERCAME PROFOUND PERSONAL AND POLITICAL OVERCAME PROFOUND PERSONAL AND POLITICAL DIFFERENCES TO BECOME PERSONAL AND POLITICAL DIFFERENCES TO BECOME FRIENDS. DIFFERENCES TO BECOME FRIENDS. >> I’VE ALWAYS LIKED FRIENDS. >> I’VE ALWAYS LIKED HIM I THINK HE’S -- >> I’VE ALWAYS LIKED HIM I THINK HE’S -- HE’S AN EXTRAORDINARY HIM I THINK HE’S -- HE’S AN EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN SAYING I HE’S AN EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN SAYING I CHERISHED EVERY AMERICAN SAYING I CHERISHED EVERY OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO CHERISHED EVERY OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO LEARN AND HALF WITH OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO LEARN AND HALF WITH HIM. LEARN AND HALF WITH HIM. I JUST LOVED HIM. HIM. I JUST LOVED HIM. >> PEOPLE, THINK, I JUST LOVED HIM. >> PEOPLE, THINK, WELL, YOU RUN AGAINST >> PEOPLE, THINK, WELL, YOU RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER YOU’RE WELL, YOU RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER YOU’RE ENEMIES, POLITICAL EACH OTHER YOU’RE ENEMIES, POLITICAL ENEMIES. ENEMIES, POLITICAL ENEMIES. WELL, WE WERE FRIENDS ENEMIES. WELL, WE WERE FRIENDS BEFORE HE BEAT ME, WELL, WE WERE FRIENDS BEFORE HE BEAT ME, BEFORE HE RAN AGAINST BEFORE HE BEAT ME, BEFORE HE RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WE’RE BEFORE HE RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WE’RE FRIENDS AFTER. EACH OTHER AND WE’RE FRIENDS AFTER. >> THE TWO WEREN’T FRIENDS AFTER. >> THE TWO WEREN’T ALWAYS CLOSE. >> THE TWO WEREN’T ALWAYS CLOSE. WE DIDN’T INVITE THAT ALWAYS CLOSE. WE DIDN’T INVITE THAT TERM SLICK WILLY. WE DIDN’T INVITE THAT TERM SLICK WILLY. WE DIDN’T INVITE IT. TERM SLICK WILLY. WE DIDN’T INVITE IT. >> I’M NOT GOING TO WE DIDN’T INVITE IT. >> I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU READ MY LIPS. >> I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU READ MY LIPS. >> Reporter: THE 1992 TELL YOU READ MY LIPS. >> Reporter: THE 1992 CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER. >> Reporter: THE 1992 CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER. THE PRESS PROBED CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER. THE PRESS PROBED CLINTON’S PRIVATE THE PRESS PROBED CLINTON’S PRIVATE LIFE. CLINTON’S PRIVATE LIFE. BUSH FELT MALIGNED BY LIFE. BUSH FELT MALIGNED BY THE MEDIA. BUSH FELT MALIGNED BY THE MEDIA. >> IT WAS A BRUISING THE MEDIA. >> IT WAS A BRUISING ELECTION FOR CLINTON, >> IT WAS A BRUISING ELECTION FOR CLINTON, AND IT WAS A LOSS FOR ELECTION FOR CLINTON, AND IT WAS A LOSS FOR PRESIDENT BUSH SO THEY AND IT WAS A LOSS FOR PRESIDENT BUSH SO THEY BOTH HAD TO OVERCOME PRESIDENT BUSH SO THEY BOTH HAD TO OVERCOME THOSE MEMORIES WHICH BOTH HAD TO OVERCOME THOSE MEMORIES WHICH WEREN’T HAPPY MEMORIES THOSE MEMORIES WHICH WEREN’T HAPPY MEMORIES FOR EITHER ONE OF WEREN’T HAPPY MEMORIES FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM. FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM. >> Reporter: WHEN THEM. >> Reporter: WHEN CLINTON ARRIVED IN THE >> Reporter: WHEN CLINTON ARRIVED IN THE OVAL OFFICE A LETTER CLINTON ARRIVED IN THE OVAL OFFICE A LETTER FOR BUSH AWAITED HIM. OVAL OFFICE A LETTER FOR BUSH AWAITED HIM. I WISH YOU GREAT FOR BUSH AWAITED HIM. I WISH YOU GREAT HAPPINESS HERE, THE I WISH YOU GREAT HAPPINESS HERE, THE LETTER SAYS. HAPPINESS HERE, THE LETTER SAYS. YOUR SUCCESS NOW IS LETTER SAYS. YOUR SUCCESS NOW IS OUR COUNTRY’S SUCCESS. YOUR SUCCESS NOW IS OUR COUNTRY’S SUCCESS. I AM ROOTING HARD FOR OUR COUNTRY’S SUCCESS. I AM ROOTING HARD FOR YOU. I AM ROOTING HARD FOR YOU. >> I HOPE THE FACT YOU. >> I HOPE THE FACT THAT WE’VE COME >> I HOPE THE FACT THAT WE’VE COME TOGETHER IN THIS WAY THAT WE’VE COME TOGETHER IN THIS WAY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE TOGETHER IN THIS WAY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS FAR MORE SHOWS THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOME THINGS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS. IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS. >> Reporter: AFTER POLITICS. >> Reporter: AFTER THEIR PRESIDENCIES >> Reporter: AFTER THEIR PRESIDENCIES THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER THEIR PRESIDENCIES THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER LEADING RECOVERY THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER LEADING RECOVERY EFFORTS AROUND THE LEADING RECOVERY EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD, FORGING A EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD, FORGING A FRIENDSHIP THAT’S WORLD, FORGING A FRIENDSHIP THAT’S BECOME PART OF BOTH FRIENDSHIP THAT’S BECOME PART OF BOTH MEN’S LEGACIES WITH BECOME PART OF BOTH MEN’S LEGACIES WITH LESSONS FOR TODAY’S
