diane blair, hillary clinton had said that bill clinton s affair was a lapse, essentially, and as you know, he had said he had caused problems in their marriage before. but she said he tried to break it off, and then he tried to manage monica lewinski. but all of this is very interesting, given what republican senator rand paul has been saying in the past few weeks. hillary clinton forgave bill clinton years ago for his affair with monica lewinski, someone she called a narcissistic looney tune, according to old writings first unearthed by the washington free break con. though she called his behavior gross and inappropriate, mrs. clinton confided to friend and colleague, diane blair, she blamed her husband s transgressions on the personal toll, the deaths of his mother, her father. she said the affair was meaningless and consensual, not a power play by bill clinton. an interesting twist, now that republican senator rand paul has called the 42nd president a