When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that.

Well I don't know that I'm okay any more than anyone else is okay I lead a happy life and a very full one - I have a happy marriage and my kids are all cheerful and no one is finding fault with me personally.

I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

My marriage to my husband Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

I have a lady she's a great lady. I love her a lot she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.

I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person feel loved doesn't make another person feel loved.

Each marriage has to be judged separately and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.

I honestly believe you can never tell if a relationship is going to last. In my own marriage which is going on 14 years I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead I think of more like 'I'll probably be with this person for the next six weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate.'

Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.