WASHINGTON INSIGHT

BAHAMAS BOUND? A big pay-back may be in the works for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), who co-chaired Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in California last year. The White House has penciled in her husband, Sidney Williams, a Mercedes-Benz salesman in Hollywood, for ambassador to the Bahamas. How would the post affect the couple’s routine of getting together when Waters flies home on weekends to her South-Central district? “It won’t be a big problem,” Williams said. “From my understanding, it (the Caribbean ambassadorship) will be on the East Coast,” a convenient flight from Washington. Williams, a former Cleveland Browns football player, said he had gained experience for the job as an aide to Los Angeles City Councilman David Cunningham. . . . Waters’ comment: “Unless the President announces it, I don’t know anything about it.”