Oh, does my father have experience with this stuff?

Hendrek Hertzberg, in the course of reviewing Bob Woodword’s book Plan of Attack, goes looking for and finds relationship issues between the senior and junior Bush: I asked about his father in this way: ³Here is the one living human being who¹s held this office who had to make a decision to go to war. And it would not be credible if you did not at some point ask him, What are the ingredients of doing this right? Or what¹s your thought, this is what I¹m facing.²
³If it wouldn¹t be credible,² Bush replied, ³I guess I better make up an answer.²