Barnes siger, at da han var formand for underhuset i Texas i 68, kom olieforhandleren Sid Adger og bad om hjælp med at få en ung George Bush ind i nationalgarden som pilot.
Barnes says when he was the speaker of the Texas House... in '68 during Vietnam... Sid Adger, this big oilman, comes into his office... and asks for help getting George Bush... into the National Guard as a pilot.