He voted for impeachment, but he actually was careful to say that it WASN'T because of Clinton's indiscretion but simply because of the perjury charge.
Here's the quote, from February '99:
I do not desire to sit in judgement of the President's private misconduct. It is truly a matter for him and his family to resolve. I sincerely wish circumstances had allowed the President to keep his personal life private. I have done things in my private life that I am not proud of. I suspect many of us have. But we are not asked to judge the President's character flaws. We are asked to judge whether the President, who swore an oath to faithfully execute his office, deliberately subverted--for whatever purpose--the rule of law.
He hedged his bets a little. So I'm going to go by his own definition -- I'm not going to judge McCain's character flaws, but instead judge whether the Senator deliberately subverted the rule of law. And on that charge, he's lookin' a little sketchy.
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Date: 2008-02-21 07:23 pm (UTC)Here's the quote, from February '99:
I do not desire to sit in judgement of the President's private misconduct. It is truly a matter for him and his family to resolve. I sincerely wish circumstances had allowed the President to keep his personal life private. I have done things in my private life that I am not proud of. I suspect many of us have. But we are not asked to judge the President's character flaws. We are asked to judge whether the President, who swore an oath to faithfully execute his office, deliberately subverted--for whatever purpose--the rule of law.
He hedged his bets a little. So I'm going to go by his own definition -- I'm not going to judge McCain's character flaws, but instead judge whether the Senator deliberately subverted the rule of law. And on that charge, he's lookin' a little sketchy.