At the second presidential debate in 1988, CNN’s Bernard Shaw, annoyed by “artful dodging” by candidates, decided to blast Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush out of their comfort zones in the questions he posed at the start. He asked Bush, whose choice of Dan Quayle as his running mate had not gone down easily, whether, if he were to die in office, he would still think that the choice had been good for his country.