"It's a part of it, definitely, but no, it's not the entire problem. Before I thought it was us you weren't sure about, the thought that you think I'm unfit to raise him? That didn't even cross my mind, and yes that is a problem."
"And if it's someone he likes? Does that make a difference?" Mike asked. "Eric has had my back for years, he behaves like an idiot once and I'm supposed to crush him permanently?" He couldn't say he cared about the other two. Nick for the same reason Robert didn't, April because she barely registered on his radar when it didn't affected him or Robert. He just didn't have the energy to be upset about something that had happened months ago.
"Stopping you from what, exactly? Dropping someone in the Oval office or beating them to a pulp?"