On the evening before election day, Jimmy & Roslynn were campaigning on the left coast. As they boarded AF-1 for the flight back to Georgia to vote, their people told them it was over, that Reagan would win. Was Caddell present? I don’t know.
Caddell was in the White House, but he’s the one who broke the news, first to Jody Powell , then to Jimmy, as they flew on AF1 the night before the election. Until he got the call, Jimmy thought he would win.