Author's new look at former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln: 'Her story was distorted'

Best-selling author Lois Romano, a former columnist for The Washington Post and Politico,has taken a new look at Lincoln's widow, Mary Todd. 'History totally got her wrong,' says Romano, 'she played a monumental role in electing him, getting him elected.' “An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln" is available now. Roman's speaking this evening at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library.