croft at one point you bush 41's amazing national security advisor and he said you know, we were talking one day. and so they said i love this guy, i could give him a 50 page memo and in the afternoon and i get back the next morning with notes in the margins. >> on every page. >> and scope croft looked at him and said that's the worst thing you can possibly do. he doesn't have time for that. jimmy carter i think got bogged down in the minutia. in fairness, as stu eisenstadt will give you chapter and verse and i'm sure jack could two on allthe legislation that was passed early in the , more legislation than any president since lbj. but he couldn't prioritize. >> you need a chief of staff to prioritize, to make sure that the narrative is consistent. make sure that everybody's on the same page. >> none of those are happening clearly in the present day. but he suffered from not having a white house chief from day one and in my opinion, jack would've been a great one. >> one of the things, when you start out your book you talk about what seems like just the most logical kind of meeting in adv