“I identify my mother with being happy, loving life, having a sense of joy in her friends,” he said. Kit Gingrich eventually had to go into a long-term care facility because of bipolar disease and depression, among other ailments. “My emphasis on brain science comes indirectly from dealing with ...” he said, before his voice broke. "See, I am getting very emotional, but dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. And so it’s not a theory, it’s in fact, my mother.” He added: “I do policy much easier than I do personal.” This being a political campaign, the Los Angeles Times can't help but be reminded of Hillary Clinton's tears on the eve of her New Hampshire win in 2008.
