Public shock at Gascoigne's condition at the event on 31 January prompted his admission to a clinic in the United States for treatment for alcohol addiction.
In television appearances, he labeled it as "irresponsible, " going so far as to call it "purple rhetoric" during an appearance on CNN on Sunday, the senator expressed shock, shock that Gov. Bush would try to "partisanize" (sic) the condition of the U.S. armed forces.