Bush was determined to go to Yale. His family’s long line of Old Blues stretched back four generations to his great-great-grandfather the Reverend James Smith Bush (class of 1844). His grandfather Prescott, whose devotion to the school never flagged, was known on campus as the senator from Yale. As a member of the Yale Corporation for twelve years, an associate fellow of Yale’s Calhoun College, and a member of the Yale Development Board, Prescott could easily tug his old school ties to get his grandson admitted if George really wanted to go.“George, Yale is not a choice; it is a commitment. Do you know what that means?”“I think so, Senator,” said the grandson, who was not allowed to address his grandfather in any other manner. “It means sticking with something no matter what.”Prescott pointed to the young man’s breakfast plate. “It is the difference,” he said, “between ham and eggs. The chicken is involved. The pig is committed.”Prescott liked to express himself in folksy ways.
