The placement of the story (at the top of the front page) and it's length (really long) was the Times' way of saying that their marriage will be a hot topic if the Missus runs for president.
David Broder puts it all in perspective in a Washington Post op-ed column, although Jack Shafer over at Slate had the best line:
I'm sure that after 97 editors red-penciled all the direct meaning out of his story, the copy desk stonewashed it soft so nobody would break a tooth while reading individual paragraphs. But read as a whole, the piece has a way of gumming up your mind.
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