It’s a happy day for the Clinton family, as Chelsea is engaged.

Ms. Clinton and Mr. Mezvinsky were good friends during high school and became romantically involved years later. Ms. Clinton, who formerly worked at McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, returned to school after last year’s presidential campaign to study public health at Columbia University.
Mr. Mezvinsky, 31, works at Goldman Sachs and is the son of two former Democratic members of Congress, Edward Mezvinsky of Iowa, who served from 1973 to 1977 but was later convicted of defrauding investors and sentenced to seven years in prison, and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania, who served from 1993 to 1995 and lost re-election after voting for President Clinton’s budget program.

That could be a pretty nice consolation prize for House Democrats nervous about the electoral consequences of voting for Obama’s health care plan. Sure, you’ll lose your seat in 2010, but in about 15 years, one of your sons might marry one of President Obama’s daughters.