A new book on Hillary Clinton due out June 5 reports that Bill Clinton wanted to split in 1989 but Hillary worried about being a single mother and declined to offer him a divorce.

In the book, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton former Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein writes that prior to the end of his last term as governor of Arkansas, Bill fell in love with Little Rock executive Marilyn Jo Jenkins and sought a divorce.

Hillary’s best friend, the late Diane Blair, told Bernstein that Clinton worried about supporting her daughter. "What if she were on her own? She didn't own a house. She was concerned that if she were to become a single parent, how would she make it work in a way that would be good for Chelsea," Blair said, according to the book.

In addition, Hillary allegedly told Bill’s chief of staff, Betsey Wright, divorce wasn’t in the cards, saying, "There are worse things than infidelity." Oh my. Is that true? Are there worse things than infidelity in a relationship?

Bernstein’s book also advances the idea that Hillary thought her husband's election as president in 1992 would save their marriage because his cheating tendencies would be greatly reduced living under intense media scrutiny.

Interestingly, Bernstein describes Hillary's decision to run for U.S. Senate from New York in 2000 as an attempt to seek redemption --"hers, her husband's, and the Clinton presidency's."

And here’s another nugget: Bernstein’s book reports that it took Hillary Clinton more than two years to decide to marry Bill Clinton, largely because of her concerns that he would be unfaithful to her. She began her marriage knowing that, in Bernstein's words, "he was beyond her control when it came to other women."

There have been so many books about Hillary and Bill Clinton’s relationship that I’m not sure there is anything truly new here. That Hillary was concerned about the financial and emotional consequences of becoming a single parent seems like a normal and human reaction. This might be good for her as she continues her presidential bid: She can use all humanity she can get.

As Bernstein remarked in an interview with Matt Lauer this morning on "The Today Show," her biggest problem is “inauthenticity.” She simply doesn’t come across to most people and most women, as authentic and sincere.

Forget about her waffling on political issues for a moment, and think about her as a person. I don’t know about you, but I want to see more humanity from this woman who really did “stand by her man” through some truly nasty crap. I don’t think she stood there simply because of shared political aspirations, ideals and ambitions, but because she loves the former president at a core level and she can’t help it, no matter what his transgressions are.

Bernstein pointed out something powerful on "Today": Hillary always forgives Bill but savages the other women. If that’s true, it might be the truest expression of her love and humanity that we know of, apart from her love for Chelsea.

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