But of course he couldn't say that. Podesta "entered public service for the right reasons and he has certainly stayed there for the right reasons," said Clinton, introducing the political bodyguard who made his name digging dirt for Michael Dukakis in '88. "He knows how the White House works, but even more importantly, he knows why the White House ought to work and for whom every single one of us does work." And of course whom -- for the next two years (or maybe less) -- the White House is going to be working against.