The side effect however, is that it will advance the technology of humanoid robots to the level of making it affordable, to put far more than just solders out of work.
The answer is: some sign of an ability to understand and empathize with what solders on the front lines are going through, which in turn would shed light on the broader question: is Mr. Romney the kind of man who has an ability to understand and connect with people as people, rather than treating people as things?