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In the 2008 primary, according to Game Change, Harry Reid judged Barack Obama by the color of his skin while Hillary Clinton honed in on the content of his character. Reid thought him sufficiently "light-skinned" for victory; Hillary thought him corrupt enough for defeat.

The book says Hillary approved of the comment made by her New Hampshire campaign co-chair, Billy Shaheen, who had said that Obama's disclosures of cocaine and marijuana use would expose him to Republican attacks. "The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight…and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use," he said.

Press accounts at the time said Hillary apologized to Obama directly for Shaheen's remark. In reality, according to Game Change, she was overjoyed by it, saying to aides privately, "Good for him!" and "Let's push it out."

As cynical apologies go, however, Hillary still can't top her husband's mea culpa to "mafioso type" Mario Cuomo for that remark to Gennifer Flowers which he had insisted to the press he didn't make.

Hillary's now-known pride at Shaheen's slight, by the way, throws light on another glorious moment in the campaign: BET founder Robert L. Johnson cast Obama as a former drug dealer at a Hillary event while the candidate looked on approvingly. "Good for him" was apparently the thought behind Hillary's purring gaze.

But these days the Democrats, while not exactly a happy family, are a less rancorous and more pragmatic one, even if Nancy Pelosi at press conferences flinches a bit at Harry Reid's touch. They rallied to Reid without hesitation this week, judging him according to the content of his voting record. Reid enjoys the protected status of a rapper: he can use "N" words with impunity, because his "heart" is in the right place.