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I feel like I'm the only one in the world who has noticed that Hillary's pain is stated, over and over again, as deriving from being told a falsehood by her husband rather than from the reality that her husband was, in the traditional sense, unfaithful. Without intending to, Hillary has exposed the real payoff of her marriage: unlimited power (evidently with an irresistable compulsion to abuse that power). Hence, Bill's great wrong against Hillary was that by denying the affair to her, he effectively excluded Hillary from the presidential inner circle. Her power to bully and intimidate White House staff and keep federal investigators at bay depended on the appearance being in possession of all information involving the Office of the President (Bill only indirectly). If Hillary was the only one who didn't know the truth about the affair, how powerful was she really? This is what Hillary means when she says she can't believe Bill lied to her. Which is very different, it seems to me, from the all-purpose "I can't believe you cheated on me".