There have been several people that have brought up that possibility. It, of course, is not beyond the realm of possibility for sure. Question is, who supplied the plant, if indeed he was, the GOPe or the Demorats? Both are certainly capable of such underhandedness.
One thing I don’t recall seeing is the possibility that the press put him there to create this non story.
Think Tomorrow Never Dies when the Carver Media Group drills a hole in the Russian submarine in the South China Sea to create front page news that goes on forever.