Candidates for Massachusetts governor Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker covered little new ground when they met last night for the final televised debate. But both become emotional at one point.
Coakley and Baker were asked: When was the last time you cried? Coakley said she cried that very day at a memorial service for a union organizer who died from Leukemia –the same disease that killed Coakley’s mom.
“It was a very moving service for him because he fought it and he was well until about 4 weeks ago when he took a turn for the worse.”
Baker choked up when he talked of a fisherman he met on the campaign trail.
“He pointed to these two boys on the boat and he said 'those are my sons' and he said ‘they were both spectacular football players at New Bedford High School, who were given college scholarships to go play football. And I told them no. I said you’re going to be fishermen. I was a fisherman, my brothers were fishermen, my father was a fisherman. You’re going to be fishermen. And I ruined their lives.”'
A couple of moments later the candidates were back to their talking points.
