TYT: GOP Senator Now Supports Gay Marriage After Son Comes Out .

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"As Rob Portman demonstrated Friday, coming out in support of gay marriage, it's one thing when it's other people's kids. Other people did not raise them correctly. Other people did not play Mozart to them in the womb and force educational puzzles on them. Other people gave them too much sugar at mealtimes and did not teach them the Golden Rule. If your son makes noise on an airplane, it is because his ears are having difficulty adjusting to the altitude. If other people's children make noise on airplanes, it is because they are tiny menaces who should be shut down at any cost. If other people's children want to get married to their significant others and have the same rights as anyone -- well, that is too bad for them. If yours do, that's quite different.

You raised them right."*

Republican Rob Senator has changed his mind about gay marriage after his son came out. Is this a victory? Or an example of Republican selfishness? Why didn't gay rights matter until it was personal? Do Republicans lack an "empathy chip?" Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies), and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) discuss.

[Nika]

1. A GOP office holder taking the right stand on this issue; that is rare a sight indeed.

[bulloney]

2. Portman has always been a big goof of a politician.

Before being elected U.S. senator, he was a U.S. Rep in suburban Cincinnati. Republicans in the Cincinnati area would vote for a Hitler/Stalin presidential ticket if it was Republican. He was elected U.S. senator by default. Lee Fisher and the Ohio Democratic party ran the most unorganized campaign, handing Portman the senate seat on a platter.

We had record budget deficits when Portman was W's Budget Director and record trade deficits when he was W's USTR. With a resume like his, how he's gotten to where he is is a real head-scratcher.