Does this sound a bit snippy? I don’t mind the joke about the crowd. But why is the former president, formally representing the US at the pope’s funeral, talking about the pope’s “mixed legacy”?

From AP: Clinton said he recognized that John Paul “may have had a mixed legacy,” but he called him a man with a great feel for human dignity.

And, Clinton said, noting the throngs the pope would consistently draw, said, “The man knows how to build a crowd.”