RECOVERED HISTORY: HOW HRC USED TO FEEL ABOUT TAX RETURNS

NY TIMES - Mr. Lazio pledged to release his tax returns soon after entering the Senate race in May, but had not done so, raising suspicions about whether he had the kind of financial problems that have tripped up other politicians in New York in recent decades. The campaign of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized the delay, asking whether he was hiding something. . .

"Rick Lazio can't explain why it took three months to release his taxes," said Howard Wolfson, a Clinton campaign spokesman. . .

Howard Wolfson, the chief spokesman for Mr. Lazio's opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, even showed up at a Lazio event in Harlem to fan the flames [over his tax returns].