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Clinton Gave Up Plane's Bed to Bush


NEW YORK (AP) - On their tour of tsunami damage in Southeast Asia, former
President Bill Clinton once allowed his predecessor, former President
George H.W. Bush, to sleep on the plane's only bed while he stretched out
on the floor.

The government plane in which the presidents toured the disaster area had
one large bedroom and another room with tables and seats, according to an
interview with Bush in this week's Newsweek.

Bush, 80, said Clinton offered ahead of time to give the older former
president the bedroom so he could lie flat and avoid paining his body.
Clinton, 58, decided to play cards in the other room that night.

The next morning, Bush said he peeked in and saw Clinton sound asleep on
the plane's floor.

``We could have switched places, each getting half a night on the bed, but
he deferred to me. That was a very courteous thing, very thoughtful, and
that meant a great deal to me,'' Bush said.

Bush said he and Clinton are not close, but have been compatible on the
tour, partly because Clinton respects his age.

The March 14 issue of Newsweek hits newsstands Monday.



Yep. Clinton and George H. Bush are reportedly now friends.

I am sure both are truly nice persons...it is their political views and
decisions that get in the way on either side of the aisle. :-)