[Buttons12]

He refers to Kennedy, Carter et al. as if they were giants of old.
I wasn’t there, but I’d bet in their time, people often lamented, “Is this the best we can do?”

[Verginius Rufus]

Jimmy Carter published a book while he was running for President called Why Not the Best?. After he became President we found out the answer: "because I want to be the President."