Reince Priebus is in the process of joining that short list of chairmen of the Republican National Committee — Haley Barbour, Ed Gillespie and Ken Mehlman to name three — who matter beyond their tenures in the office and do so for what they did for the long term good of the GOP and not just a particular nominee or themselves.

Here’s a link to a transcript of my interview with Priebus last week, which Time’s Zeke Miller and others heard or saw as containing some unusually candid talk about what the RNC is doing this year to prepare for the next two.