Bill Clinton: “Well, I think that our previous policy, the one that we've had now and the one we've had through Republican and…”

“Well, I think that our previous policy, the one that we've had now and the one we've had through Republican and Democratic administrations, of keeping economic pressure on and denying the legitimacy of the Cuban Government, has been a good policy. I have made it clear from the day I got here that we would be prepared to respond to a substantial effort at political or economic opening by Cuba. And we have, as you know, a system for communicating with each other. Nothing would please me greater than to see a new openness there that would justify a response on our part, and I would like to work on it, and I think Mr. Castro knows that. I've tried to proceed in good faith here. Mr. Lehrer. Have you thought about doing something dramatic? I mean, this is your second term--getting on an airplane and going down, or inviting him to come up here, something like that--just like what the Pope is doing?”