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Also, Sinatra's death offers an interesting perspective on the foofaroo over Bill Clinton's alleged proclivities. After all, although ol' Blue Eyes' reputation is being, as Frank Rich observed in Saturday's Times, rigorously sanitized, it is still possible to remember that Sinatra introduced Judith Campbell Exner to both President John F. Kennedy and mob boss Sam Giancana, both of whom proceeded to have simultaneous affairs with her. A bit more dicey than intern orality, no?

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Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist. Harry Shearer is host of radio's Le Show, a screenwriter, an actor, and provider of several voices on The Simpsons.