BILL SABOTAGING HILL? – AT 8:05 A.M. ET:  I've kind of wondered whether Bill Clinton really wants Hillary to be president.  I mean, share the spotlight?  Get the same Oval Office?  Have her own portrait on the wall?  Nah. 

And Bill just said something that may confirm my suspicions.  Of course, our mainstream media was a bit shy about reporting it.  But not London's Daily Mail: 

Former President Bill Clinton divulged on Wednesday that it took former secretary of state Hillary Clinton 'six months of very serious work' last year to recover from a fainting spell in December 2012 that resulted in a concussion and blood clot.

Her long recovery is 'something she never low-balled,' Bill said.

But Bill's timeline contradicts the State Department's claims just after the conclusion of Hillary's treatment in January 2013 that 'she seems to be fully recovered.'

Hillary Clinton took ill at some point the week of December 9, 2012, just as she was supposed to testify before a Congressional committee about the terrorist attack that took four American lives in Benghazi, Libya three months before.

After falling in her home, Clinton incurred a concussion. The State Department did not say what day the accident occurred, but it described her concussion on December 13 as 'not severe.'

COMMENT:  This subject became current again after Karl Rove suggested that Hillary might have suffered brain damage.  Although he walked back the comment, it was one of those "dumb Republican" moments that can hand sympathy and votes to the other side. 

But despite Rove's blunder, Hillary's health is clearly an issue.  If she has an episode between now and the campaign, it could dim her prospects, in part because it would look nervy of her to run – putting herself before the country.

There was a time when we knew little about the health of presidential candidates.  The public was not told in 1960 that Jack Kennedy had Addison's Disease, which could be fatal.  Barack Obama has released little of his medical history.  We know he was born and can walk across a room. 

So we'll wait for Hillary's decision.  The Republicans should be prepared to battle any candidate.

May 16,  2014