Her choice of words was careless, given the 'tenderness' of the American psyche on the subject of assassination, but reading carefully and listening over & over, as the networks have forced us to do, I simply don't see how the comment rises to this level of opprobrium. I suspect those who were waiting to pounce 'decided' that this was their big chance...and they easily spun it into a 8.0 magnitude disaster.

I am not a supporter of Hillary, and I have come to feel that Obama is the better choice, but among her various gaffes (like Bosnia) this slip in phrasing is pretty minor *to me*. I do NOT believe she meant it as an intentional raising of the assassination spectre. Yes, I see why ANY use of that word is dangerous, but she has made the point about "June primaries" six or seven times, and has usually not said it that way. Remember, she did not included it in a scripted speech, but was responding to a question, and digging into a tired memory for an answer...and just got the words arranged poorly.

   However....since it HAS been made such an issue, and since after a certain point the words take on a life of their own, I'd suggest that she use this as an easy way to suspend her campaign and 'heal the party'...or whatever words she'd like to use to just avoid more incidents.

It is truly sad when the political process is so 'sensitive' that someone is hanging on every word, trying to twist ANY remark into a damning condemnation.