Letter: Republicans doing their bit for history

O'Callaghan weakened his whole argument that the Republicans in the Senate who have been exploring "findings of fact" are simply attempting "to give the GOP leaders in the House a string to hang their election on when trying to stay in office next year."

The counterargument, and a very sound one, is that the Republican senators are seized with the desire to leave a full and complete factual record of William Jefferson Clinton's scoundrelly conduct for all of history to see.

It isn't every day that a president of the United States lies to a grand jury and obstructs justice but escapes removal from office.

A resolution of censure, if indeed passed by the Senate, will in no way carry a timeless record of the injury to the U.S. Constitution inflicted by this president.

Besides, it may well be reversed by the next Democrat-controlled Senate, expunging all nasty little admonitions from history!

Robert Sherer

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