didn't mr. perot pass on distinguishing himself from his two rivals who were heavily compromised in the war on drugs by not calling for a road map to peace on drugs? as successful contenders, harrison and cleveland used opium along with benjamin franklin, and jfk with speed and lincoln used medical marijuana, and each of our last three successful contenders used both grass and coke medically as preventatively and recreationally? thank you. >> what we're really getting at is the so-called war on drugs which became a popular phrase in the 1980s in the united states. the problem was all these urban centers had whole generations of kids that were getting addicted to different types of narcotics. his whole life he was working for public school systems on drugs in particular. there were some you couldn't even go into, including dallas, which was a very rough city, people forget, back in the '80s and '90s. perot took a pretty hard line cracking down on drugs, and we have the crack epidemic that hit the

then the state of maine brought mr. and mrs. blaine's remains back to augusta and they reside in a beautiful blaine memorial above the cemetery here in augusta. >> how long did his wife live after him? >> 1903, another ten years. >> we have very little time. we have a local caller, augusta, maine. >> this question may have been answered by earl. what was the relationship of mr. blaine towards the native population of this state, native american population? we know there were innatives in the civil war and had regimens down in the south. >> thank you jonathan. big question, short time. >> yeah. i'm not sure that i have a quick answer for that. >> is that right? >> any place to go for that? is there material available? >> i would look to neil's book to start out. also the state library, very good reference. >> i would like to close. we have just really a minute left and ask you the question. support our thesis. what was the legacy? what's the importance to america today of james g. blaine. >> his influence of secretary of state wa