The funniest part to me is that when Kerry finally flipped and gave HC a "speaking part", what did he give her?
The opportunity to introduce her "errant" hubby.
Of course, she can't refuse, but what fun it must be to have to introduce your husband who's been cheating on you for years, and the whole world knows it, LOL!
"This is the kind of buzz Washington can't get enough of. The snub buzz emerged on a day when the Federal Marriage Amendment was derailed by the Senate, when an official but semi-hostile investigating panel cleared Tony Blair of misleading his government and his public about the reasons for going to war, and, to console the sleazy leftmost critics of George W. Bush, there was news of more blood and mayhem in Iraq. The implications of Monsieur Kerry's snubbing of Miss Hillary was nevertheless the buzz that drowned the tinkle of the ice cubes at the cool, dark places where Capitol Hill practices the rites of campaign summer."
This is your answer. The RATS wanted to put into the background the Iraq/Niger tie that would clear Bush and make Wilson out to be a liar. The RATS were protecting their investment.
Hillary will speak. She was always going to speak. Just another diversion by the left.