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U-Turn: Is this the political photograph of the year?

No, it’s not a Photoshopped image. CNN’s political director David Chalian tweeted out an undoctored photo Sunday of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President George W. Bush embracing at Nancy Reagan's funeral from last Friday.

No, it's not a Photoshopped image.

CNN's political director David Chalian tweeted out an undoctored photo Sunday of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President George W. Bush embracing at Nancy Reagan's funeral from last Friday.

It's early, but I think this photo may qualify as the political photo of the year. I'm not going to make fun of it, but U-Turn's readers are free to caption it if you want.

Bush and Clinton certainly have a long and storied political history. Certainly not the best of friends, their relationship can be best described as "complicated," with Clinton's husband defeating Bush's father, Bush's father then working on joint missions with Clinton's husband, and then Bush's brother almost facing off against Clinton in this year's general election.

I actually think George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton have more in common than different. They know firsthand what it's really like to go through the process of becoming the world's leader.

So to have a moment where the two of them can embrace and laugh together says that there's still a lot of hope for our country. For even just a rare moment, we can see civility in America.