Bush 41 has too much class to dig into a former president, even one that deserves it so much like Clinton. I respect Bush for that.
I don't. To permit Clinton to blame Bush 43 for N.O. while giving Clinton (and James Lee Witt) a pass for the Chicago heatwave deaths is just weak. If Bush 41 would simply refute any one of Clinton's lies, you would see Billy Boy shying away from it in the future.
I would not put GHWB past the idea of digging Clinton for information. There are ways of getting information without a person aware that you are doing it.
He doesn't have to say he likes him, he could just say that they "work well together" or something like that. Clinton deserves to be despised.