Ann Romney opens up about health "scare"

(CBS News) Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, opened up in a new interview about her struggle with multiple sclerosis on the campaign trail, including a "scare" she had ahead of Super Tuesday.

"There have been some days, like the day before Super Tuesday, I was quite fatigued and I knew I couldn't quit," Romney said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, which airs on Thursday night. "I didn't tell anybody I was tired. I just kept going. I had a little bit of a scare. I start to almost lose my words. I can't think, I can't get words out, I start to stumble a little bit. Those things were happening, and I thought, uh oh, big trouble."

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of the chronic disease hit each person differently, but it can be disabling.

As the Romney campaign transitions into general election mode, Ann Romney is taking a higher profile, in part to help her husband craft a more relatable persona. On Ann Romney's birthday, the campaign released a video celebrating her life, which featured highlights of the Romney family's life.

On Super Tuesday on March 6, when Romney won six of 10 nominating contests, Ann Romney took the stage to speak about why her husband's campaign should appeal to women voters.

[wfw3536]

It is sad to see that hate in some of the posts from libs and Obama backers. A few of you should look into the effects of MS or have to deal with cancer.

[JWinATL]

You people are all an embarassment to me, as an American. You liberals consider yourself compassionate, caring people; and, yet, look at your comments. Disgusting.

[Obama4more]

Well this sure opens up a huge question for the voters. What happens when she can't do Mittens' talking for him??? Who will be the President??? Not good...I'd stick with Obama.

[DebbieCorona]

Sorry Ann has MS. Not sure why it matters for the campaign trail other than to make note her health could be a distraction for Mitt and that is a concern to me.

[tonyatq]

Is that why Mitt create Romneycare?

[WHAT-IS-HE-SMOKING]

I am glad that the "scare" was nothing, but try doing that and raising 5 children and having to work for the insurance to cover the "scare" and come home and clean house and hope there is enough money in the check book cover your co-pay and provide a house and food.

[KPeters_from_UK]

Does Ann have health care? You betcha she does.

Unfortunately my eldest can't come back to the States due to his pre-existing condition. How can a 18 year old afford High Risk Health Insurance for over $10,000 per year? He's finding that even big universities won't cover his pre-existing condition.

[Protricity]

Hoax-and-Chains, you need to re-arrange your worldview. You are seriously locked into some terrible, damaging fundamentalist dogma that has no baring on reality.

Taxpayers do not foot the bill for insurance.
KPeters is not asking any taxpayers to foot the bill.
No one, anywhere, ever, said that is any kind of solution to any health care problem in our country; to just have taxpayers pay for it all, regardless of how many times you were lied to about this.

Please, please, start doing original research on the topic. Look at what PPACA is, and who pays for it.

Your ideology is fundamental; if it can be shown that a single penny of taxpayer money, even indirectly, goes towards even the slightest feature of some program, you are diametrically opposed to the entire program. Never mind the big picture. You don't want to hear about it! Nothing. Forget it. It's taxpayers, the end!

This ideology is killing this country.
It's killing us.
We will never survive if we think this way.

[tonyatq]

Hoax-and-chains is it taxpayers job to pay for congress, the president, and government workers insurance if the very people who pay for their can enjoy the benefit.

[cgallaway]

I'm glad that "scare" didn't turn out to be a major episode, but I don't know why the "scare" by itself is that important...did it cause someone to rethink a policy position, does it show someone (like Mitt) coming to her aid or identifying it and advising her to slow down (showing compassion)? I guess I am curious as to why this is news, on it's own.