Bill Clinton is suddenly denying that he ever tried to get Joe Sestak to drop out of the senate primary against Arlen Specter. This is odd. Especially given the White House line back in April that Mr. Clinton was used as a go between to offer Sestak an unpaid White House advisory position to keep the field clear for Specter. Sestak, however, said he was offered a big "job" to drop out of the race.

The former president was campaigning for Joe in Scranton this past week when someone with a video camera asked him why he was campaigning for Joe after trying to get him to drop out of the race.

The answer should have been a simple: Because I know Joe, he's a good Democrat and he'll make a great Senator. Or simple silence.

Instead, Clinton muddies the water all over again, raising questions about who's telling the truth about what sort of politicking the Obama Administration engaged in last year.

Either Clinton isn't telling the truth now, or the White House wasn't telling the truth then. And nevermind that Sesak's explosive claim of a "job" offer doesn't fit with the White House's implausible story of him being offered an unpaid advisory position through Mr. Clinton.

Here's Clinton's denial:



More here. And here. My posts on the controversy can be found here and here.