Senate spouses' meetings

WaPo reports that embattled Senator Craig's wife attended a Senate spouses' lunch last week as the Senator made the rounds on the Hill.

Which to me raises the question: What on earth are those meetings like? Does Mr. Clinton ever attend? Or even Mr. Dole? There are some heavy-hitter Senate spouses; it's really entertaining to think of them all hanging out together. Are they bipartisan, I wonder?

And what about Mrs. Vitter? Does she commiserate with Mrs. Craig?

Slightly more seriously, I wonder to what extent policy is discussed at such an event. One would think that spouses might have an ability to form bonds that the elected officials themselves might not. Surely some enterprising Hill reporter could dig up these vital details.