Imagine if Laura had stayed at home

Politics can be a rough and tumble, sometimes heartbreaking affair, as any who enter the fray must surely know. But I imagine this really had to hurt.

WINCHESTER, Ind. -- Bill Monroe lost by one vote in his bid to return to the Winchester City Council. And here's the clincher to the squeaker of a race:

His wife didn't vote.

The voyeur in me immediately wanted to be a fly on the wall for the conversation between these two. Fortunately for us, the candidate goes ahead and recalls it.

Kathie: "Bill, you lost."
Bill: "Well, how much did I lose by?"
Kathie: "One."
Bill: "Get out of here."
Kathie: "And I didn't vote."
He recalled, "She was embarrassed by it at first. 'Oh my God, look what I've done.'"

They might want to consider just splitting up right now. I can already imagine the conversations five or even ten years from now.

Kathie: Bill, you forgot to take out the trash this morning.

Bill: Oh? Did I? Did I forget something? Oh my, I hope it wasn't something important.

Kathie: (sighing) Never mind. I'll get it.