Bill Clinton probably winces every time he hears that the Whitewater affair has raised "another question." And he probably never believed that he would lay all the questions to rest last week when he released his tax returns for 1977 through 1979. But here's a question he may not have expected to raise: Because the returns go some way to support the White House version of events on Whitewater, why didn't he simply release them sooner?
During the 1990 Arkansas governor's race, the Clintons made public their tax records dating back to 1980. They drew the line there, which meant that...
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