Say what you will about Hillary, but the claim that she's a feminist (or even an independent woman) is getting pretty lame.

As has been the pattern all along, whenever she gets into trouble, it's her husband Bill who comes to the rescue.

Ann Althouse wonders what Hillary never did with Bill. A lot, I'd say. Anything he didn't do she didn't do better!

So, because it's "their" (not her) Democratic Party, a Clinton campaign chair and hardball henchman (who just happens to be a trial lawyer as well as a major operative in the Carter and Gore campaigns) has stepped up to bat to do the dirty work:

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said Wednesday that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.

Obama's campaign said the Clinton people were getting desperate. Clinton's campaign tried to distance itself from the remarks.

Bill Shaheen, a national co-chairman of Clinton's front-runner campaign, raised the issue during an interview with The Washington Post, posted on washingtonpost.com.

Shaheen, an attorney and veteran organizer, said much of Obama's background is unknown and could be a problem in November 2008 if he is the Democratic nominee. He said the Republicans would work hard to discover new aspects of Obama's admittedly spotty youth.

"It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" said Shaheen, whose wife Jeanne is the state's former governor and is running for the U.S. Senate next year.

"There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome," Shaheen said.

Clinton's campaign said it had nothing to do with his comments.

And of course, now he's "apologized."

What are the Clintons trying to do, anyway?

Bring back the "I DIDN'T INHALE" era?

I don't care who inhaled, or with whom. I don't want to care.

Must I?