Charlie Rangel's much talked about pronoun at the end of an interview with WNET (he said David Paterson's choice to replace Hillary Clinton is a "him") has fueled speculation about Caroline Kennedy's odds.

But Rangel's office just pointed out to me that the interview in question took place a week ago, on December 11, before the psuedo-official Kennedy campaign rollout, and strongly advised against reading too much into the remark.