Inconsequential things are always hard to get straight because no one really cares. As I recall, I watched someone walk up to Bush when he was in front of the class of kids, whomever it was whispered in his ear and you could see his eyes steel up - then he spent a short time acting normally in front of the kids while the team wired up a TV in the next room.
Even if my own memory is slightly faulty here - I can't imagine why I'd care - because, as someone else mentioned, I just said to myself silently, "Thank God Gore isn't in."
Andy Card.