Making decisions in a second language

A friend recommended this article (posted in Wired Science) yesterday. Very interesting. 

Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational 

For those of you who have a second and/or third language, I'm curious what your experience has been. In a way, I feel validated and reassured that I'm not crazy when I have to sort out my thoughts in SL before speaking/writing them in English. Though, I don't know that I ever could have articulated WHY I do so.