Clearly it makes no difference now, but I wonder how the GOP race would look this morning if Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum had followed Newt Gingrich‘s angry response to John King‘s question about Marianne Gingrich‘s comments by saying something like this: “John, just let me say, if Speaker Gingrich doesn’t want to answer questions about his private life, I’m with him. If he doesn’t think this kind of character question is relevant to his suitability to be president, then he should decline those questions, and I’ll defend his right to do so. But just so you know, John: you are free to ask me any questions about my marriage that you like.”
