Political junkies will remember way back last year, when it looked like Hillary had a clear road to an inevitable Democratic coronation. The Clintons quickly locked up commitments from party poo-bahs who wanted to snag the plum spots on the gravy train.

Several weeks ago, I submitted this effort to Opinion Page Editor Antonio Fins, a.k.a. Maximum Leader. It was spiked.

His Excellency speaks:

"Initially, when Chan emailed this cartoon for his Rejects Corner, asking for my take on it, my first thought was, I thought we ran it. But, obviously, no. And I can't exactly remember why I said no.

"There's nothing objectionable. Thinking back now, I am pretty sure I rejected this one because, at the time Chan proposed it, we had run a string of cartoons on the presidential race, both by Chan and from the syndicates.

"As editor, I'm not just making decisions about topics Chan draws, but also the ones that appear on our Op-Ed page. It's a lot of cartoons to juggle, and we try to shoot for variety.

"Anyway, I'm open to hearing what you Chanistas have to say...Yes? No? What think ye?"

I was delighted to see that in the interim period while this sketch was gathering dust, it proved to be prophetic. Politicians are, to quote Ernest Hemingway, "dependable within the gravity of the situation."