had a troubled background but i think on a personal level, the story of skroefr coming adversity will resonate here because so many people are hurting in a variety of ways and i also think because in some ways, john, because he is a republican who has overcome adversity, republicans are often labeled unfairly i think as people not simpsympathetic with those who have been kicked around. to realize he suffered this i think is going to strengthen his bonds with a portion of the population that you understand so well, the working people of massachusetts who have been kicked around a lot. >> and this is a startling personal disclosure so obviously it catches attention out of the box. it will be part of a book that was part of what senator brown clearly wanted as a reintroduction, if you will. he came here and many thought is this the new darling of the tea party and disappointed many in the tea party because he's more of a center right and republican