politcal cave-ins

Patricia Blagojevich, the wife of aflame Illinois Gov. Rod, is being cast as Lady Macbeth in the media. Shakespeare can fill in the gaps.

Lady Macbeth:
What's the business,
That such a hideous trumpet call to parley
The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak.

and of course these infamous parting words spring rhymingly to mind

Lady Macbeth: Help me hence, ho!