[pawdoggie]

It all comes down to motivation. If she was just in it for the bucks, then (it could be argued) this is about avarice, not politics. But if it's about ideology (with money as a "reward", or as payment for incurred "expenses") then it is more than fair to look into who her government contacts were, and draw the appropriate inferences.

[Gritty]

it is more than fair to look into who her government contacts were, and draw the appropriate inferences

My bet is there are a lot of Democrats, both Congresscritters and staffers, who are sweating hard and will be operating the shredders far into the night.

Is it possible this entire "Kerry flap" is merely another purposeful diversion from what is really going on, sort of a pre-emptive strike on this story?

Clinton did this sort of thing all the time!