Had Clinton been removed from office, a similar "tony, inpatient facility" would have been his first stop.
Logical fallacy. That run-of-the-mill sociopaths sometimes use manic depression as an excuse for their actions does not mean manic depression does not exist, or that manic depression does not often manifest itself in sociopathic ways.
If Blair were facing criminal charges and he'd hired Mark Geragos to go on Larry King Live claiming "he's got manic depression," I'd be skeptical. But all Blair's done is lie and look like a jerk. He's got nothing to gain by falsely claiming "manic depression" and looking like a nutcase instead. We live in a society where jerks are tolerated, accepted, even venerated. But depression, manic depression, mental illness? You get shunned, spit upon, condemned by society for having those diseases. Those aren't defenses you raise unless your freedom or life are on the line in a court of law ... or you really have the disorder(s).