Understood this entire thing unfolding before my eyes. joining me now, journalist rebecca tracer, author of "big girls don't cry." and maureen cogan for "the new republic" and "gq." she basically said, look, if anyone has cause to have beef with this, it is me, above you all, and i have forgiven him, so back up. and i found that surprisingly a persuasive argument. >> i thought she was very persuasive. i was none too pleased to see her standing there when i tuned into the press conference, like oh, god, no, i do not need to have the wife walk. her statement was persuasive, she's immensely likab...