EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton sought 'solace' in Monica Lewinsky because he could 'no longer trust' depressed Hillary after her humiliating healthcare reform failure, new book reveals
Author K. Ward Cummings suggests Bill's presidency was hampered by his marriage
He reveals how Hillary's stint as her husband's close adviser was plagued by her inability to compromise and her unhealthy 'craving' for Bill's affection
Placing her at the helm of healthcare reform turned out to be a 'gross miscalculation that he would deeply regret,' Cumming writes
Bill found it hard to stand up to his wife and their marriage was driven by guilt stemming from his philandering, which Hillary employed to get what she wanted
Hillary's national taskforce on health reform was announced on January 25, 1993 - days after Bill's inauguration - but failed just seven months later
New book, Partner to Power: The Secret World of Presidents and Their Most Trusted Advisers, chronicles more than 200 years of White House aides
By Daniel Bates For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:02 EST, 3 January 2018 | Updated: 16:31 EST, 3 January 2018
Bill Clinton may have cheated on his wife with Monica Lewinsky because he had lost confidence in her when she failed to pass healthcare reform, a new book suggests.
The former president may have sought 'solace' in the White House intern after Hillary bungled what should have been the biggest achievement of his first term in office.
Bill 'no longer trusted' Hillary, who he entrusted with the policy, while she withdrew into a prolonged depression, Partner to Power: The Secret World of Presidents and Their Most Trusted Advisers – suggests.
Author and former senior adviser to Congress K. Ward Cummings paints a scathing portrait of a president and a first lady who failed because 'compromise was not part of their vocabulary.'
Cummings writes that they were hampered by characteristics that would later haunt Hillary's presidential run; their 'intense secrecy, the unhealthy nature of their personal power sharing, and their insistence on treating healthcare reform like a war in which everyone was either their friend or their foe.'
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