President Bush decried the practice of legacy admissions before a group of minority journalists in Washington. He said admissions should reward merit and not create "a special exception for certain people in a system that's supposed to be fair."

Bush also said that he supports "colleges affirmatively taking action to get more minorities in their school."

What about his own legacy status? Isn't that how he got into Yale?

"Well, in my case," Bush said, "I had to knock on a lot of doors to follow the old man's footsteps."

Bush's comments on legacies made news, but his views on sovereign nations, also revealed at this conference, made headlines.

Here's how it unfolded:

Q: What do you think tribal sovereignty means in the 21st century, and how do we resolve conflicts between tribes and the federal and the state governments?

A: Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're a—you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. [Audience snickering....] And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

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