"In some ways this, this controversy has actually shaken me up a little bit and gotten me back into remembering that the odds of me getting elected have always been lower than some of the other conventional candidates," the Illinois senator told Anderson Cooper--

Not a winning attitude--

If you want to be president, you have to believe the famous Lombardiism (which really originated with Henry "Red" Sanders), "Winning is not the most important thing, it's the only thing."   And add to that, "Nice guys finish last."