"Doesn't matter if he wrote it. He had the courage to say it."

Perhaps it does matter inasmuch as if he wrote it himself then it would be more likely he would actually be sincere and authentic in believing and acting in accord with that which he is saying.

Politicians say whatever their corporately-paid-for polling results tell their campaign managers and speechwriters will get the candidate elected, then once in office they flim flam around in all sorts of ways at odds with or in reversal of what they said (promised, even) while play-acting before the election.