And I don't think anyone could accuse him of being an apologist for the Clintons. What's she was probably thinking was "anything can happen between now and the convention, I'm going to hang on as long as I can and maybe I'll get lucky." The Obama camp has also been pretty gentle with her on this.

Not surprisingly, Olbermann jumped all over her on this gaffe, smelling blood in the water like the sleazebag elasmobranch he is. This dissection of the slightest inconsistency or off-hand remark by exhausted, harried candidates is extremely unfortunate, and betrays a reluctance by the media to actually take a stand on issues and instead concentrate on superficial and tactical issues.

Face it, no politician, is going to say anything that reveals some deep dark secret, and if he has a slip of the tongue it is probably just that, not a revelation of great evil. Even Mr Bush's notorious Yogi-isms are merely comical non-sequitors, not deep insight into some great conspiracy.