Tuesday night, though, with wait times of up to five hours in conditions that were chilly for Washington, former president George W. Bush requested that the public be allowed to continue to enter.
He and his brother, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, also took the time to circulate through the room, thanking people for coming.
Over the past two days, I dipped into the C-Span coverage of the public passing through the Rotunda.
What struck me was that despite the apparently large crowds, the pace of people was not rushed, and there were lots of kids, with Mom or Dad able to pause and explain something, and the kids generally getting a clear view from the roped-off area. On occasion, there would be Catholic school kids in their blazers pausing to watch and genuflect.
Lester Holt signed off NBC Nightly News yesterday with a selection of clips in that vein.
That is all.
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