Bill Goodling greets Sen. Joe Lieberman, left, during John McCain's stop in August in York. Background posts: York-based historian shakes hands with 8 U.S. presidents, Chief execs visits to York and Columbia's clock museum set presidential timepiece exhibit opening.
Of the five presidents who served during Bill Goodling's years in Congress, Gerald Ford is remarkably memorable.
'Jerry Ford may have been the most important (president) simply from the standpoint of being the kind of person that could bring the country together again after the Watergate experience,' Goodling said, at the time of the 19th District congressman's retirement from office in 2000.
'A lot of presidents talked about vetoing a lot in order to balance the budget,' Goodling said. '(Ford's) the only one that I can remember that actually did it. He probably vetoed more in his short time there than all of the other ones combined.'
