How a President's Death Helped End Washington's “Bad System”

In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly elected president, who filled the government bureaucracy with his supporters. But after a rejected office-seeker fired President James Garfield, reformers won long-sought changes: Workers were hired for their expertise, not their loyalty. Correspondent Mo Rocca spoke with journalist and historian Scott Greenberger about how meritocracy came to be in the federal government and what Mark Twain had to do with it.