Sadly this is more truth than it should be. There is usefulness in understanding someone's past. The emphasis on "being tough enough to forgive" in the thread i

Sadly this is more truth than it should be. There is usefulness in understanding someone's past. The emphasis on "being tough enough to forgive" in the thread is visible in how often we see public opinion turn on politicians for things in their past that are (sometimes) irrelevant to the role ahead.