He’s known as something of an emotional man after shedding a tear when he became Speaker of the House last year.But it seems John Boehner is making a habit of showing his sensitive side after once again weeping at an event to honour astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The House Speaker had given a speech praising the work of the Moon landing astronauts and became tearful after stepping from the podium at Washington’s Capitol Hill. The three astronauts were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, which was approved in July 2009 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Boehner told the assembled crowd at the medal ceremony: ‘Neil Armstrong was once asked: Why did you, this one man, choose to speak for all when you set foot on the lunar surface? As it turns out, there was no script, there were no notes. Mail Online