A Real President, versus a Preznit From today's Chicago Tribune A formal statement issued by the commission Thursday said the panel "found the former president forthcoming and responsive to its questions. We appreciate the excellent cooperation he and his associates have given to us." With characteristic enthusiasm, Clinton stayed an hour longer than planned and sometimes answered questions that had not been asked, commissioners reported. He even took time off from finishing his memoirs to study and prepare for his testimony, reviewing relevant documents and discussing the issues with former aides, one longtime associate said. Bush is to appear in private after the White House last week agreed [Bush] would submit to questioning only if Vice President Dick Cheney appears with him. Indeed.