>> ashley judd, of course, responded to that with this statement that reads, quote, this is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody mitch mcconnell and are pervasive in washington, d.c. we expected nothing less of mitch mcconnell and his camp than to take a personal struggle such as depression which many americans cope with on a daily basis and turn it into a laughing matter." i think this is devastating. because, chuck, the fact she had this two decades ago. that she admitted in her biography, autobiography she had those 40-some days in tleemt. it isn't like the eagleton thing where it's a press disclosure, an expose. she publicly explained that she'd had this illness. all these years later they're bringing it back and pretending it's in the present tense. she is emotionally unbalanced. >> i tell you what mcconnell aides will say. i've asked them questions about this today. folks that were in that room. their defense of this is, we were doing nothing different than any campaign does in preparing against an opponent. you gather all the information