Bob Schieffer on an "orphan of idea" at the 2012 RNC

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Clint Eastwood made headlines by holding a bizarre conversation with an empty chair at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Longtime CBS News correspondent and former host of "Face The Nation" Bob Schieffer remembers the night well, including the scramble to find out who had invited Eastwood in the first place.

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