Tearjerkers score in the crying game

The issue of men weeping - and, in particular, of male politicians blubbing - wells up again. Barack Obama's tears for the US's murdered children as he called for more gun control have been claimed by supporters as a sign of his deep emotional response to a national tragedy, and by Republican foes as an act of "fascist" fakery involving the deployment of an onion, or some other lachrymal enhancement.