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"The High Quality You’ve Come To Expect in a Woman"

Hillary Clinton needs superdelegates, but maybe not this one. Will today's revelation that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—a Clinton ally—was a client of a high-priced prostitution service generate any response from the Clinton campaign? Should it?

I think it should. On the one hand, Spitzer's failings are Spitzer's failings, and not Hillary's responsibility. On the other hand—is she or ain't she gonna stand up and tell us what she thinks of men who think it's OK to buy sex?

The prostitution service at issue is "Emperor's Club VIP." Their Web site has been taken down, but the cached site is here.

They promise "unique introductions" that "offer a sincere connection while providing you with the freedom of private, risk-free dating and companionship without long-term-commitment intricacies" for "clients who will not compromise in any area of their life." (Eliot, that's you! Or, that was you, anyway ...) "Our meticulous standards of beauty, intelligence, presentation and charm ensure that you always encounter the high quality you’ve come to expect in a woman."

Quick reaction: I think this is actually a complicated one for Hillary. Spitzer isn't just any prominent Democrat who happens to support her; he's a close ally from her adopted home state of New York. And prominent men caught in sex scandals isn't a new one for Hillary. How she handles this will tell us something, perhaps, not just about Spitzer, but about how's she's come to define herself ... as a woman in a world where a few too many of the prominent men around still think it's OK to do this kind of thing.