Hillary Clinton: A note on the fight against HIV and AIDS—and the people who really started the conversation

Thanks to Secretary Clinton for this statement.

We should all be embarrassed by our community’s overreaction to Hillary’s gaffe about Nancy Reagan on Friday. It was as if her entire record were reduced to one statement at a funeral. That was not true. Here is one example from her tenure as Secretary of State. She is a proven ally and we need to get serious. Too much is at stake in this election for us to be on a hair trigger, looking for excuses to be outraged.

The likelihood is that our next president will either be this woman or the Republican frontrunner, who never admits he was wrong much less apologizes or uses a gaffe as a teachable moment. This thoughtful, capable, and seasoned stateswoman, or an utterly self-absorbed, bullying goon. Let’s help our country move forward, not be accessories in tearing it apart. So very much is at stake.