You know what? He is known to cry. He cries sometimes when we’re having a debate on bills. If I cry, it’s about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics — no, I don’t cry. I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that’s always a possibility, and if you’re professional, then you deal with it professionally.
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the New York Times Magazine, noting how House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) shed tears during an election night speech.
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What she didn’t say is that women aren’t allowed such indulgences. Can you imagine what would be reported if Pelosi cried over not getting a bill through?