I certainly did not.

I think President Obama, you know, campaigned that he was going to try to open and change relationship in Latin America and Europe and that sort of thing. He's following through, doing just what he said he would do.

President Ahmadinejad of Iran just seems nearly bipolar. On some days, he's -- he's reaching out constructively. On other days, he seems like a dangerous madman.

I do think, though, that there -- when the former director of the CIA and the former head of the FBI say, you know, we got some helpful information out of this, it -- it -- it underscores Obama's, President Obama's, restraint in how he has…

This was a very, very set of close calls for President Obama. David Axelrod today said the President, is in the White House, a political adviser to the President, said it took President Obama about a month to sort this out.

I do think, though, that when the former director of the CIA and the former head of the FBI say we got some helpful information out of this, it underscores Obama's -- President Obama's restraint and how he has treated this.

It was more important to publish than to not publish to help clear the United States' name, to help restore America's respect within the world.

I think Mark Danner made a useful correction. I think I went too far in saying that somehow President Obama directly approved or said that yes, this was useful.

I think he felt -- all evidence supports the idea that he felt it was more important to publish than to not publish to help clear the United States' name, to help restore America's respect within the world.

And that's why people like John McCain, on the Republican side, were so opposed to this sort of thing.

I think this is a time -- and we have seen this out of Nelson Mandela and out of Vaclav Havel in their own countries. There are times when you really need to move to healing and move on.