Biden's moving speech to military families should not be missed

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In case you missed it, Joe Biden delivered an amazing speech the other day to families of U.S. troops killed in action. Not a political speech but rather a deeply personal one. Regardless of your opinion of Biden – and with Biden, the opinions are all over the map – you should take a few minutes to watch this video. If you’re not choked up or in tears while watching this, you need to check your priorities.

In deeply personal, hushed tones, the vice president relates to his audience by recounting the painful loss of his first wife and baby daughter in 1972 just after winning his first Senate election. The grief has never gone away.

On the blogs and on Facebook, the speech received rave reviews for its tender manner in talking the families of the fallen. And No TelePrompTer. No cue cards or text. Former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough thoroughly praised the speech on “Morning Joe” on Tuesday. Scarborough told his TV audience that one longtime acquaintance described Biden's remarks as the "heartfelt, most moving political speech" he had ever witnessed. "This is why Joe Biden is Joe Biden," Scarborough said.

Take a look here.