Schiavo Case Judge

The Yahoo headline reads Judge In Schiavo Case a Clinton Appointee. Now what the hell does that have to do with anything, especially since the body of the story states, "Whittemore, appointed to the federal bench by President Clinton in 1999, is not known to display any political leanings?" This may be an AP story, but Yahoo writes its own headlines. Are these people dupes or willing tools of the right?