It's always impressive when someone puts in enough work to change your mind. Like many Brits, a residual adoration of Bill Clinton - the second most popular man on earth, I'd guess, after Mandela - had me backing Hillary for 08. Then I found out more about Mr Penn, her cheif advisor. In a past life, I worked in the Burston-Marsteller group that he's CEO of, and there is no way on God's Green Earth a political leader of vision and principle would listen to the advice of the man that runs that shop. Seriously, working for the smoking lobby, while pitching universal healthcare to America? An insoluble paradox. Ari Berman in the Nation gets the plaudits, read on...