Leo regrets out-of-turn Clinton quip to the interns 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made the comment just hours after meeting Bill Clinton's wife Hillary.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, during his visit to the US for St Patrick's Day. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

"Leo Varadkar was open about his political ambitions, even then."

So said Carol Wheeler of the Washington Ireland Program about the Taoiseach, some two decades after he served in the office of congressman Jack Quinn.