JUDY WOODRUFF:

Now a different take on the 2016 presidential election.

It comes from the Senate majority leader, Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. He has just published his memoir, "The Long Game," after five terms in the U.S. Senate. He is the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history.

I sat down with the senator this morning at the offices of the National Republican Senatorial Committee here in Washington.

Senator Mitch McConnell, thank you very much for talking with us.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), Majority Leader: Glad to be with you.