It's been a rough couple weeks for some of Washington's most powerful women.

Late last night, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief of staff reported that the former first lady broke her right elbow yesterday. Clinton took a fall.

Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois is hobbling around Capitol Hill on crutches because she broke her left foot when she took a fall while visiting the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center.

And back on June 8, Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor broke her right ankle when she stumbled while getting on a plane.

All we can say is that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., might want to wear comfortable shoes.