A Bride, a Corpse . . .

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE UNDER ORDERS TO SPEAK NO ILL of Ross Perot: no point in generating more TV sound bites. But by last week political strategist Paul Begala could no longer contain himself. Perot, said Begala, "will say anything to get attention. He is just one of those folks who, when he goes to a wedding, he wants to be the bride. When he goes to a funeral, he wants to be the corpse."

Which testifies to how deep Perot is getting under the presidential skin. Not just because of the personal nature of his needling either -- although that...

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