To continue the stain analagy, the stained finger was helded up in the open light of day for all to see and as a badge of honor, and the stained blue dress was secreted away as long as possible and hidden from all. The stained finger is a badge of honor for President Bush. The stained blue dress is forever the indelible mark of Clinton. These images will be written into the history books for all to know.
Indeed, I believe some historians will pick up the analogy. Maybe not in Ithaca or Berkeley or Madison, however.