So was it guts or gaffe? Kasich knows he’s not getting the vote; perhaps it’s just evangelism.
I’ve been around Kasich a few times. He’s a go with the flow kind of guy when he’s in a crowd. I remember his asking some of our high school kids a question about what they were studying, they couldn’t answer, so he in good taste joked with them about being knuckleheads. It’s just his personality, I think. It was a stream of consciousness comment for him.