Former President Bill Clinton begged and badgered top Reagan aides to speak at the Gipper’s 2004 funeral service, but former first lady Nancy Reagan rejected the pleadings in part because of Clinton’s use of footage from the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan to peddle gun control, according to a new biography.

In “Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan,” author Craig Shirley also reveals that the Reagans and Clintons never warmed to each other and that Clinton made a “crude pass” at a young woman on Reagan’s staff when he sought Reagan’s advice before taking office.