I recently came across a photograph taken in 1995 of the late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., one of the most significant jurists in the history of Pennsylvania and the nation. The man shown at his side is a still fresh, aspiring and hopeful President Bill Clinton. It is as good a picture as you will find of two Yale law graduates.
Accustomed to being the taller one in most photos, Clinton appears to be stretching to fit into the frame with the towering judge. Close inspection reveals something more. There seems to be a look of contentment on Clinton’s face, the kind that comes from being in the secure company of a protective friend. My guess is that presidents seldom get, and even more rarely show, that kind of personal reassurance.
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