py 2.7.1 & openssl

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I installed openssl-1.0.0d.tar.gz on my RHEL 5 box using:
         ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
shared zlib
         make
         sudo make install

Then I installed python 2.7.1 using
         PYHOME=/usr/local/Python-2.7.1; export PYHOME
         LD_RUN_PATH=$PYHOME/lib; export LD_RUN_PATH
         LDFLAGS="-L /usr/local/lib64 -L /usr/local/lib"; export
LDFLAGS
         CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/include -I /usr/local/include/
openssl"; export CPPFLAGS
         ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=$PYHOME > log_cfg 2>&1
         make > log_mk 2>&1
         sudo make install > log_mk_i 2>&1

I am trying to install
sudo $PYHOME/bin/python bin/ez_setup.py

and I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/ez_setup.py", line 67, in <module>
    except ImportError: from md5 import md5
  File "/usr/local/Python-2.7.1/lib/python2.7/md5.py", line 10, in
<module>
    from hashlib import md5
  File "/usr/local/Python-2.7.1/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 136,
in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Python-2.7.1/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 71, in
__get_builtin_constructor
    import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5