Only hours before George Bush plucked him from obscurity last Tuesday, Indiana Senator Dan Quayle sat down for breakfast with TIME. Excerpts:
On the qualities of a running mate. If something happens to the President, which person can assume the responsibility best? That's No. 1. I heard Bush say yesterday, "I want to have the very best." Second, George Bush is a person who wants to feel comfortable, so there is this element of compatibility. Third, they are looking for somebody who doesn't hurt the ticket. Not too many of the vice-presidential nominees in the past really helped the President. There...