I think the truth is that Bill did it because he always did, and always could, and never offered an excuse because he figured we all knew him well enough by that time not to be surprised. That includes his ever-adoring wife, who was angry with him only for being reckless enough to get caught.
I hate to get myself into the mode of crawling around in clinton’s head but having said that here’s how I might respond:
As governor of AK I think clinton drilled everything in a dress, aided and abetted by the very handy state troopers.
Call me naive but I get the sense that once he moved into the WH he put a damper on most, maybe not all of the shenanigans. That is until Monica showed up with her thong and her blue dress.
And yes the government shutdown did play a documented role in how this all came together. I think a lot of this came out during the Starr hearings etc.
I agree with you insofar as the AK business went but I think my interpretation has some merit when it comes to the WH years. Else, I suspect we’d have somehow heard about more Monicas. There was that girl who’s husband died and went to the oval office looking for a handout but there’s no evidence that clinton “did” her.