Bill Clinton: Member of Bush Family

President Bush said Sunday that ex-President Bill Clinton has worked so closely with his father on tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief that he's like a member of the Bush family.

Referring to Clinton as "my new brother," Bush told CBS's "Face the Nation" that it was "fun" to watch his two predecessors interact when they all attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

"You know, there's a lot of shared experiences and so I can understand why ex-presidents are able to put aside old differences," he told "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer.

The president said that he, too, has grown closer to the man whom he once said had disgraced the Oval Office.

"I check in with Bill Clinton occasionally, just to see how he's doing," he admitted.
Bush says that their relatiohship "makes it obvious to me that we're kind of, you know, on the same wavelength with the job of the presidency."

When Schieffer reminded the president that Sen. Hillary Clinton was planning to succeed him, Bush interjected: "Yeah. Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton."