and that's probably why i quit psychiatry. [ chuckles ] if you're not into feelings and emotions and all the backstory, then you ought to be doing something else. >> so in 1978, krauthammer took a government job in washington at what would become the national institute of mental health. it wasn't what he really wanted, but it put him in the right neighborhood. >> i thought, "once i'm in washington, isn't that where they do politics? one thing will lead to another." >> his folks worried about their son tossing away a doctor's livelihood but didn't discourage him. his wife, robyn, who would leave her career in law to become a painter and sculptor, urged him to follow his dream. >> she was the one who, 35 years ago, encouraged me to follow my heart and, with her wit and humor and generosity of spirit, has co-authored my life. >> in a moment, charles'