A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days

If so, great. If not, or if this is your first time reading it, take a moment to acclimate yourself.

Done? Okay. Now read this:

Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday that he should receive more blame than his wife for the failed attempt to revamp the nation's health care system more than a decade ago.

"You know how much she cares about this," Mr. Clinton told an audience in Glenwood, Iowa, according to an account on MSNBC. "She has taken the rap for some of the problems we had with health care the last time that were far more my fault than hers."

Thirteen years after the health care debacle and finally we learn the truth: The candidate on the ballot for the Presidency was not responsible for the debacle and the former President who no longer needs to run for anything, was.

Some might think this is just too convenient. I like to think the best of people, so I'll just say that Bill Clinton took his time to remind us that chivalry is not dead.

But even if it isn't, this "Hillary-Wasn't-Responsible" meme ought to go precisely nowhere. I am going to take advantage of a disagreement Dan McLaughlin had with this post so that you can see what a former Clinton adviser thought about how blame should be apportioned on the health care debacle.