Former President George W. Bush says he isn't interested in playing on the national political stage any longer. But for family, he's making an exception. Asked in an interview with ABC News" Diane Sawyer whether he thinks his brother former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush should run for president in 2016, the ex-president was unequivocal. He'd be a marvelous candidate if he chooses to do so. He doesn't need my counsel "cause he knows what it is, which is ârun," " the elder Bush brother said about Jeb's possible candidacy, in an interview that first aired Wednesday on "World News with Diane Sawyer."