Clinton Returns Money, Sets Precedent...What?

Politics: Am I reading too much into this or is the AP praising Clinton for doing the obvious?

WASHINGTON (AP) - In returning $850,000 to donors associated with a disgraced fundraiser, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sets a significant new standard for how campaigns should respond in the face of potential scandal. Clinton's decision also underscores the price—financial and political—that her campaign is paying for failing to spot trouble with the fundraiser, Norman Hsu, even after receiving a warning. The campaign announced it would now conduct background checks on its fundraisers, an extraordinary and potentially time consuming step. By returning the money, Clinton also puts pressure on presidential rivals and other politicians with rainmakers who have dubious pasts or who have employed questionable fundraising tactics, including the campaigns of Barack Obama and John Edwards.

The only precedent set is the amount of money returned from a criminal donor. Any campaign would have done the same regardless of the amount if the background of the donor is potential trouble.