Scott Brown jokes his daughter got 'soft'

New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown joked at a last-minute campaign event Tuesday that his daughter, Ayla, has put on weight. "She's gotten a little soft," he said of the former "American Idol" contestant, and appeared to pat her belly. "She's still got sharp elbows." The video was taken by Guardian reporter Jon Swaine.

Brown is neck-and-neck with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in the Granite State. Brown's daughters are used to their dad teasing them on the campaign trail. In 2010, before he won the Massachusetts Senate seat in an upset, Brown joked in front of a political rally that both of his daughters were "available" in case anyone wanted to date them.