On Piers Morgan Live Thursday, guest correspondent Candy Crowley claimed the “happiest person tonight” was Hillary Clinton for managing to avoid the VP nod in an administration beset by “deep troubles.”

In a segment based upon a new insider tell-all covering the 2012 election—particularly the Obama administration’s hard look at swapping VP Biden for Hillary—Morgan and Crowley took some jabs at the “Obama didn’t know anything” mantra, the current mess the administration’s made for itself, and Hillary’s good fortune to avoid getting entangled in it all.

Morgan: Finally and briefly, if you don't mind, Candy. Will it be rather icy when the vice president arrives for his morning coffee tomorrow?

Crowley: I would think probably the happiest person tonight is Hillary Clinton not to be sitting in the White House as vice president because they are in deep trouble now. So I think she's probably grateful. I don't think Joe Biden will be that pleased, but let’s remember the White House is out there, the former aides out there saying the president didn't know anything about this. Although William Daley did say, “Yeah, we did that because we thought it was due diligence.” But the president has folks out there protecting him, saying wait, we didn't come close to this and the president didn't know.

Morgan: Having said that Candy, the president's answer to almost everything at the moment seems to be “I knew nothing about it.”