@cspanofficial: Former President George W. Bush reflected Thursday on how he chose Dick Cheney to serve as his running mate.   “We talked over the various qualities I was looking for in a vice president: preparedness, mature judgment, rectitude and loyalty. Above all, I wanted someone with the ability to step into the presidency without getting distracted by the ambition to seek it,” he said at his late vice president’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.   “After weeks of these meetings, I began to have a thought I could not shake. I realized the best choice for vice president was the man sitting right in front of me.” #georgebush #dickcheney #vicepresident #cspan