Bill Clinton floated a senatorial trial balloon. Word leaked of U.S. Sen. Tim Hutchinson's divorce. Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr is so anxious to get his long-running flop off stage that he folded. True, Hubbell will plead to a felony count. But he's already a felon.
Whitewater is over.
The Clintons are vindicated. If Starr follows the law, not his zealous instinct to sermonize, his final report will say little. He'd win a Senate race, though it could be a little complicated to claim residence here while his wife claimed a New York residence for her matching U.S. Senate seat. Political enemies of Hutchinson will note that a match with Clinton would pit a family man against a fellow who decided to dump his wife this week. He properly paid respects to his wife in a brief statement and declared he would say no more.