Jeb Bush on Disagreeing With Family: ‘I Have a Hard Time With That’ … Jeb Bush seems to have a talking point to explain why he hesitated so long to say, in hindsight, that the Iraq war was a mistake: He won't “go out of [his] way” to disagree with his brother.

Rove declines to endorse Jeb Bush  —  Karl Rove says he's not endorsing anybody — yet.  —  The former George W. Bush strategist said Friday that Jeb Bush had effectively cleaned up his answer on whether he would invade Iraq knowing what he knows now, but added that he's watching the race and waiting on a frontrunner.

B.B. King, the Beale Street Blues Boy 12 photos  —  The Mississippi native's reign as “king of the blues” lasted more than six decades and straddled two centuries, influencing a generation of rock and blues musicians, from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to Sheryl Crow and John Mayer.

The Great Stephanopoulos mess  —  ABC anchor proves to be his own worst enemy.  —  Former Clintonland insider George Stephanopoulos, who has excelled at both politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression.  —  As my POLITICO colleague Dylan …