Paying no mind to John McCain's no-show threat, ABC anchor Charles Gibson operated on the assumption that the Mississippi debate was going ahead when he sat down for a q-&-a with a pair of former Presidents. Bill Clinton is holding his annual Global Initiative that coincides with the General Assembly of the United Nations. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates attended. He was profiled on NBC by former anchor Tom Brokaw. Gibson got the sitdown with Clinton and the First Father. He asked them to recall their debates. "I was nervous. I am not a very good debater," George Bush remembered. Added Clinton: "What you sit there in mortal terror of is that your campaign will somehow be wrecked because you made a mistake that does not amount to a hill of beans in the larger scheme of things and has no bearing on your fitness to serve."

