Former President George W. Bush eulogizes his father as 'the brightest of a thousand points of light'
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush recalled his father and predecessor as "the brightest of a thousand points of light" and "a great and noble man" who managed a peaceful end to the Cold War and helped define the Republican establishment for the last half-century.
"He accepted that failure is a part of living a full life, but taught us never to be defined by failure," said Bush, in a Washington, D.C., funeral service for the nation's 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush.
America's five living presidents were among the hundreds of dignitaries and elected leaders, spanning decades of public service, crowded into the pews to celebrate the life and legacy of Bush.
"He stood in the breach of the Cold War
