Clinton Overcome by Coughing During Wellesley Speech, Needs Water

EXCERPT:

CLINTON:"It is such an honor to join with the college and all who have come to celebrate this day with you and to recognize the amazing futures that await you. You know, four years ago maybe a little more or less for some of you.

Just a minute. I've got to get a lozenge. (Laughter) Thank you. I told the trustees I was sitting with after hearing Paula's speech I didn't think I could get through it.  (Laughter) So we'll blame allergy instead of emotion. (Laughter)

But you know, you arrived at this campus  (Laughter and cheering) you arrived from all over. You joined students from 49 states and 58 countries. Now, maybe you felt like you belonged right away. I doubt it. But maybe some of you did and you've never wavered. But maybe you changed your major three times and your hair style twice as many as that. Or maybe after your first month of classes you made a frantic collect call—ask your parents what that was—back to Illinois to tell your mother and father you weren't smart enough to be here."