Emily Jashinsky

And I think a lesson of Fetterman actually is that you used the term emotional regulation earlier, Megan.

I think there are some people who are now going to look at this and think that's a serious question when it comes to Plattner.

To be honest, I think a lot of people are in the kind of Paxton camp where they're like, I gave up on politicians being decent human beings 10 years ago because I've

become so cynical.

It's no longer the case.

And I think a lot of people are probably still willing to vote for Graham Plattner.

But there is a question of like, are you able to even do the job if you were still suffering from PTSD at that level where it would be affecting your marriage significantly with infidelity?

So that does raise a question.

And I think actually, this is an interesting question for some of the progressives who've been very disappointed by John Fetterman, because Fetterman gets into the Senate, and I think he checked himself in for depression, for like an inpatient care for depression for weeks.

And if you look at what happened to Fetterman, he has changed some of his positions on those issues that progressives cared most about.

Like, there's a certain kitchen table, progressive economic policies, those sorts of things.

He's changed his disposition and his temperament.

So I think that is actually kind of an interesting comparison.

It's that when somebody is thrust into a job that is enormously stressful and high stakes, and they're dealing with significant mental health problems that would go back to being in Ramadi in 2006, where Plattner was, along with a lot of other men who've served the country and have dealt with PTSD.

I think that's actually kind of a fair question.

I'm with you, Megan.

I think at this point, most people are so cynical.

They've seen a million John Edwards come and go.

It's like clean-cut guys that are supposed to be pastors, basically, and you find out it's not the case, and people are desperate and cynical right now in America.

It's very much a populist moment still.