[GeronL]

And while the Vanity Fair article reports that “there is no evidence that any payment was ever made to Hastert or to his campaigns,”

Uh huh.... ain't no there there yet

[Ingtar]

Would be funny if they dug into it, however, and found they were bribing Clinton to pressure Congress to force the withdrawal of the resolution by saying it harmed American interests. That sounds more likely to me.