No one really cares about the explanation, though, do they?
That might come dangerously close to seeing him as a human being with flaws.
That wouldn't work, as it might spoil the fun of tearing flesh from bones.

The quality of such 'reports' sinks lower by the day.
What happened to ordinary journlistic commentary, with named sources, instead of 'someone said', with a modicum of decorum instead of hyperventilating savagery?

Bill should vanish. Hillary can stump all she wants. Any resentment toward her by the rabid anti-war left and other Hillary-hating radicals would correctly repel swing voters and independents. “Vote for McCain, who's safe and sane.”