“I haven’t actually spoken to Barack because he’s busy, really busy. This morning, he was in the john. I was knocking on the door. All I got to say was ‘Love ya.’”

“Yes, he does that too. I know you don’t think he does.” — Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack Obama’s sister, acknowledging that her brother — who has obtained a cult-like following among some supporters — has normal, human bodily functions.

Soetoro-Ng spoke at breakfast meeting with delegates to the Democratic National Convention from Arkansas and Hawaii.