Barbara Bush Teases George H.W. Bush After He Cries: 'You Could Be Speaker Of The House' (VIDEO)

Former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, appeared on NBC's "Today Show" Monday morning for an emotional Valentine's Day special about their lasting love. In one particularly sentimental segment about their saved love letters, the 41st president began to tear up, which caused Barbara to offer a well-delivered comparison between her husband and the current Speaker of the House, John Boehner.

In the interview, conducted by their granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager, the former president began to read a particular letter from 1994, nearly 50 years after their marriage:

"Will you marry me? Whoops. I forgot you did that 49 years ago today. I was very happy on that day in 1945, but I'm even happier today. You give me joy that few men know. I've climbed perhaps the highest mountain in the world, but even that cannot hold a candle to being Barbara's husband," Bush read, his voice cracking slightly. "Little did I know I was only trying to keep up with Barbara Pierce from Onondaga Street in Rye, New York. I love you."

After a brief pause for Bush to collect himself after the dramatic recitation, Barbara responded:

"You know what? You could be Speaker of the House."

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Comments

[Seaniebhoy]

03:51 PM on 02/16/2011

Not for nothing, and I never dreamed that I would be sticking up for a republican president...but Gearge Bush I did serve his coutry on the front lines of WW2...he was even shot down in the pacific. He then spent a week with a submarie rescuing other downed pilots. As far as he CIA past goes, he was not James Bond, he wwas a political appointee who was tasked to clean up the agency. As congressman he supported civil rights legislation, and as president he signed into law A.D.A. 1990, The Clean Air Act, A pro-Immigration bill and appointed Liberal Souter to the bench...yea he may not have been the greatest president in the last quarter century, but he wasn't some evil incarnate, People are demonizing him because of the alleged crimes of his father, and the crimes of his son.

[apogee2perogee]

03:23 PM on 02/16/2011

Mean girl, octagenarian edition....

[WarrenPease]

12:52 PM on 02/16/2011

Looks like muskrat love.

[AZreb]

10:14 AM on 02/16/2011

Whoops - meant "Afghanistan" - that's what happens when you type when you are a little upset.

[Fi]

09:23 AM on 02/16/2011

No fan of any of the Bushes, but she is as sharp as a tack.

[Dare Taiwo]

03:41 AM on 02/16/2011

I have always loved Mrs Bush's sense of humor garnished with candor.

[anothervoice]

09:14 AM on 02/16/2011

Wonder how much of that tender garnish warped the psyche of certain budding politicians.

Fetus in a jar comes to mind.

[NHGranite]

01:08 PM on 02/16/2011

You do know she told the real story about that health issue, right? No jars.

[padrushka]

02:57 AM on 02/16/2011

hormones shift with age,he now has estrogen and she testosterone..guess she has always had a lot of testosterone in thinking on it. i saw revenge in her eye during clinton inaugural.

[MyGuyO]

01:19 AM on 02/16/2011

Have always had great respect for the elder Bush even though I was not of his party. He seems lto be a kind and gentle man then and now.

[Seaniebhoy]

11:14 AM on 02/16/2011

LOL...Thats what the CIA looks for...kind and gentle.

[ThankGodhesgone]

12:49 AM on 02/16/2011

George, I could have really liked you. But you had to push your son on us and what a disaster that was. I can never forgive you for that.

[AZreb]

10:16 AM on 02/16/2011

Methinks it was Ma Bush that did the pushing.

[ThankGodhesgone]

07:00 PM on 02/16/2011

Wrong end. It was more of a movement, if you catch my drift.

[Carolyn LeBeauf]

11:17 PM on 02/15/2011

John Boehner is so pathetic and bad at his job THE ELDER BUSH is using him as a joke. Now folks that's bad.

[NHGranite]

01:11 PM on 02/16/2011

That's the joke! "Bar" is wicked smaht and always comes up with things that can be taken the wrong way - although New Englanders know about "opposite" intention, "yeah, I just loved that" idiotic thing someone did.

[crayola 08b]

10:34 PM on 02/15/2011

lol. that is such a cute picture of them together.

[jafsie]

10:00 PM on 02/15/2011

ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Does he get all teary about his multiple affairs, too?

[valluhree]

09:52 PM on 02/15/2011

Awwww. I love how they still sent love letters to each other even 50 years after their marriage! So sweet. :D

[Andrew Price]

08:55 PM on 02/15/2011

That was really sweet. Made me smile :D

[Andrew FingerlickingGree]

08:27 PM on 02/15/2011

We always knew Babs wore the pants in that household.... its just been proven.