"He's the only adult in the room, and probably the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton."
Bill Jones
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich picked Springfield, Massachusetts, for one of his final stops ahead of the Super Tuesday primary.
Kasich — the Ohio governor — held a town hall-style meeting at the Mass Mutual Center on Sunday.
Although Kasich has conceded that Donald Trump will likely win every state Tuesday, he maintained he can go on to take the Republican nomination, and said it’s his civilized style that will win people over.
"Look, I don’t think I’m misjudging this — maybe I am," Kasich told reporters. "And if we’re ending up in politics of…insults of yelling and screaming, the country will get nothing done."
Bill Jones of West Springfield said he left the rally feeling even more enthusiastic about Kasich than he’d been before he came.
"He’s the only adult in the room, and probably the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton," Jones said.
A mother of three teenagers asked the Ohio governor how he’d address Massachusetts’ opioid crisis. Kasich said the most important thing is each child needs to hear that the Lord made them unique.
"If you ever do drugs, you destroy what you were made to be. You will destroy your purpose in life," he said.
Kasich added he would "take federal" the many steps against opioid addiction he’s worked on in Ohio, including shutting down pill-mills, taking away doctor’s licenses and instituting a prescription-monitoring system.
Clinton planned to hold an event in Springfield Monday morning, and Bernie Sanders planned to campaign in Milton Monday night.
This story was originally published at NEPR.net.