Wanting to have the last word, to write your own history or to speak at your own wake, is a natural human impulse. Former American presidents are afforded that licence, and more besides.
Let's simply remember some curious facts from a political past that does not always jibe with the vision of a winning and unbreakable national narrative.
The Republican presidential candidate is a burden to his party in 2016 ... his opponent's advertisements will continue to target the best source of material for attacking Donald Trump: Donald Trump.