DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Another interesting thing, and I actually heard this with Eric Cantor this morning, is that they are being encouraged not just to talk as politicians, but to talk as fathers and as husbands and to humanize themselves when they're talking to voters.</s>TAPPER: You also spoke to Speaker Boehner about gay candidates running. Congressman -- Republican Congressman Randy Forbes has said the Republican election House, the NRCC apparatus, should not be helping gay Republican candidates. And we reached to Forbes for comment. What have you heard about this issue today?</s>BASH: Well, Congressman Forbes does not have the support of the leadership on this. I asked Speaker Boehner if he supports the party giving money to openly gay Republican candidates, one in California, one in Massachusetts and he had a two-word answer, I do. He's trying to put that to rest and move on. Our understanding is that is exactly what's happening. In the case of the candidate from Massachusetts, he came very close, Jake, beating the Democrat last time around. He had a lot of support, a lot of money from the Republican Party nationally and he is going to as well this year.</s>TAPPER: That's right. I should have been more precise, openly gay Republican candidates. Thank you so much. Dana Bash on Capitol Hill. Coming up, fighting fat with faith. One of the country's most famous pastors, Rick Warren, joins me live to show us how strengthening the soul can save your body. And in sports, with the Heisman Trophy within reach, charges of sexual assault just dropped for a rising college star. Did his fame affect the case one way or the other? Stay with us.
Boehner: GOP Should Support Gay Candidates