Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now!

As one of the few statesmen left in America with any street cred, former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. On the first day of his mission to Pyongyang, Clinton negotiated the release of two American journalists -- Laura Ling and Euna Lee.

Family members of the journalists issued a statement which read in part: "We especially want to thank President Bill Clinton for taking on such an arduous mission and Vice President Al Gore for his tireless efforts to bring Laura and Euna home."

Bush-era hardliner, John Bolton was less than impressed. Asked for reaction to Mr. Clinton's hostage saving (and legacy-saving) coup, Bolton sniped, "It comes perilously close to negotiating with terrorists."

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