Question Motley.    Do you believe that this kind of power brokering is typical in Washington D.C?    Please don't take the following as an excuse for the Clintons.

I would contend that very few of us know what happens in the halls of the very powerful.    

We certainly know manipulation by power happens on Wall Street.  We know it happens on Madison Avenue.  We know it works in major law offices.  We know its common in the pharmaceutical industry.   I'm positive it happens in property ownership and development  It might even happen in City Hall (power is relative).  
   
The private sector escapes that kind of scrutiny, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen every day.

It's the gross imbalance of power in a relationship that leads to abuse.