Scott McClellan: “We should have embraced a high legal of openness and forthrightness in addition to that and then the expectations…”

I think it was smart to confront Saddam Hussein. But our options were either, Saddam comes clean or we go to war.

Unfortunately, I think too many people today do look at Washington and say, 'All they're giving us is spin and manipulation, and they're not working together to get things done.'

You have a lot of good people that come there for the right reasons, to make a difference, but they get caught up in this permanent campaign culture, where it's all about manipulating the narrative to their advantage.

I think he believes that. He's convinced himself to believe that, but I don't think it's true.