Exactly right. The “hit squad” comment was the galvanizing comment that made people finally wake up and see what most were saying, that Perot hated Bush and was out to sabatoge his effort.
Bottom line? Perot single-handedly gave us 8 years of Bill Clinton.
I don't know if we could have handled another 4 years of Bush at that time. I was always puzzled and uncomfortable with Bush's New World Order speech. Come to think of it, Ronald Reagan really never did endorse him.