[Calvin Locke]

...my father got back to New York...

WHY couldn't Bush just brush off Clinton's entreaty to return to the US with a polite "Err, ya know, WE'RE KINDA BUSY RIGHT NOW...".

It's not like Clinton knew anybody personally, that perished in the attack.

If he did, not only would we be subjected to a reminder by all the media suck ups every 10 minutes, Clinton would sound like every one of Teddy K.'s speeches: "(count down 3,2,1)...and my brothers...".

[NYCVirago]

According to the previous issue of Talk magazine (the one with Giuliani on the cover), Clinton called Rudy's people and wanted to go down to Ground Zero that Thursday! Rudy said no (his reason was that it was too much a security nightmare), which is how Clinton ended up accosting people that night in the armory instead.