BROWN: A check of more political news happening now. House speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Bush should consider skipping the Olympic opening ceremonies in light of China's crackdown on Tibet, but doesn't think the U.S. should boycott the games because that would unfairly harm the athletes. Meanwhile, 15 House members took it a step further saying President Bush should not attend the games at all. Also in Washington, a housing bill that was considered DOA was brought back to life in a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the Senate. The Democratic senator, Harry Reid and Republican Mitch McConnell are giving the Banking Committee 24 hours to come up with a bipartisan bill to help the nation's foreclosure crisis. The compromise could potentially allocate billions of dollars to help fix the subprime mess. And Barack Obama had some cute advice for an eight-year-old at a campaign speech in Pennsylvania -- listen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do you get to be -- run for president?</s>OBAMA: You have to work really hard in school and get really good grades. You have got -- who is this, is this grandma? You have to do everything that grandma tells you to do.</s>BROWN: Obama went on to suggest he needs to go to college and get a job helping other people. Well, just a year ago Bill Clinton was one of our most popular former presidents. Now, not as much. After the break, a look at whether his return to the political stage may have damaged his legacy. That's coming up.
Bush is Advised to Boycott Olympic Opening Ceremonies