On "Larry King" last night, George Sr. took on the ticklish question of an expensive inauguration at a time of incredible tragedy:

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BUSH: I think life goes on. I don't think we can give up, should. I don't think it will help anything in Sri Lanka if the balls were, you know, peeled back in terms of the inauguration.

Shaved, maybe, but peeled back? Costs extra and is non-reversible. Shouldn't Clinton have taken on this question?

Interview With Former Presidents Clinton, Bush [CNN]