But then again, perhaps it was just the captain's emotional plea that swayed his logic.
Her husband, 63, made an emotional plea to worshippers to not judge his 27-year old daughter.
In a desperate effort to halt their flight, Model issued an emotional plea to his troops.
Vedder started both concerts with an emotional plea to the crowd to look after each other.
Davis said he was not planning to make an emotional plea to his struggling teammates to get things in order.
At a public hearing two weeks ago, emotional pleas were heard on both sides of the issue.
We're not going to get into emotional pleas of trying to do something no one thinks we can.
The parents of an art student who disappeared in the middle of his exams, have made an emotional plea for him to come home.
That an emotional plea can defy rational thought is beyond comprehension.
Parents of the kidnapped child made an emotional plea for her release.