Jeb Bush defends himself against Barbara Bush: 'I've gotten better at interrupting, Mom, come on'

Former first lady Barbara Bush made a classic mom move on Friday's CBS: This Morning, scolding her son Jeb Bush for being too much of a pushover in the Republican debates. "He's almost too polite. I don't advise him, but if I gave him advice I would say, 'Why don't you interrupt like other people do?'" Barbara said.

"I've gotten better at interrupting, Mom, come on," Jeb replied, sounding not so different from a mortified teenager.

But Barbara explained, "He's so polite. We brought him up that way, and he does not brag like some people we know." She went on to describe her son as "honest, dependable, loyal, relatively funny." At Jeb's awkward laugh, Barbara assured, "Good-looking, but funny."

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Politico reports that Barbara Bush has been making appearances in New Hampshire on the campaign trail, something Donald Trump, of course, has found reason to taunt — Jeb "desperately needed Mommy to help him," Trump said.

Watch Jeb and Barbara Bush's interview below, starting at the 1:50 mark. Jeva Lange