Was as filthy in person as he seems?I'm curious to know where that came from, since it comes up every year or so. Neither my wife nor I know Filner or ever lived in a jurisdiction where we could have voted for him. In his early Congressional career, he sponsored a bill to give veteran's status to Filipino guerrillas who had fought with the US forces against Japan in WWII. My wife's uncle is one such person - that's the limit of our relationship as far as I know it.