[weegee]

Well let's see, she opposed her son's enlisting. She still refers to him as a child.

And (although I have not seen substantiation) reputedly refused to talk to him by phone while he served in Iraq.

But let her cry her crocodile tears now.

[Surtur]

quote And (although I have not seen substantiation) reputedly refused to talk to him by phone while he served in Iraq. /quote

If that is true, then all of this is her guilty conscience for letting her political persuasion abjure her of her motherly responsibilities when her son was in harms way (by his own choice) when she should have been offering her love and support for him even though she disagreed with his mission.