We know it could have been worse but we should not underestimate the heartache that's going through a lot of these communities and affecting a lot of these families.
Simply to be near him in the White House has meant not only tragic heartache for his wife and his daughter but enormous legal bills for staff members and friends who admired him and yearned for his success but who have been caught up in his incessant 'war room' strategies to maintain him in office.
Captain Paul Tito insists the Blues' Euro final this year "does not make up for the heartache" of losing so cruelly in the semi-final of last year's Heineken Cup.