To see the Joint Chiefs pass by both Mrs. Ford herself and President Ford's coffin was very moving.
The Betty Ford clinic, coupled with, in hindsight, the healing that Ford brought to the nation, makes them both jewels in the crown of this nation, specifically for their generosity to the country.
And they did it without fanfare or self-promotion!
It reminds me of what Bush said before he was elected when a reporter asked him what he would do if he lost, and he said, "Go home and go fishing with the old man."