Bush's remark
Yeah, see the post below by SpaceProjects.com.
http://www.spaceprojects.com/w/
I badly jumped the gun by assuming it was from a recent news conference, but as you can plainly see it's rather old. (Note to self: open eyes!)
Perhaps Bush was taken off-guard by the question...still, I felt the answer slammed the door on something I think rather worthy of very serious consideration. But again, it's an old clip. Much has changed. And politics is the only environment where the winds can blow from all directions at once.