Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [531]
“I should have stood up”: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author.
“That would have killed”: David Schippers, comments made during author’s interview with Henry J. Hyde.
It was a scene reminiscent of: Robert Dove, interview by author.
“The whole thing was really scary”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
Throughout six hours of testimony: Monica Lewinsky, deposition, Congressional Record, 1 Feb. 1999, transcript of video; Baker, The Breach, 371.
Halfway into the questioning: David Kendall, interview by author.
“I appreciated the gesture”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author; Monika Lewinsky to author, 26 Jan. 2009.
“She will not lie”: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author.
O’Connor concluded: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, interview by author.
Senator Orrin Hatch, the respected Republican: Orrin G. Hatch, “A Precedent the Senate Shouldn’t Set,” New York Times, 2 Feb. 1999. Hatch argued that such a rebuke would constitute “the highest form of condemnation.”
“I mean, if our goal”: Trent Lott, interview by author.
During the House managers’ closing: Sen ate video, 6 Feb. 1999, closing remarks of House Manager Lindsey Graham; Congressional Record, 6 Feb. 1999; “The Impeachment Trial, Feb. 6: White House Counsel Presentations,” washingtonpost.com, 6 Feb. 1999.
“If you are going to acquit”: Robert Dove, interview by author.
“Short of murder”: Trent Lott, interview by author.
There was still a shred of hope: Tom Daschle, interview by author.
Specter had sought advice: Robert Dove, interview by author.
Senator Lott now navigated: Trent Lott, interview by author.
As a last-ditch measure: “The President’s Acquittal; Senator Feinstein’s Motion on Censure,” New York Times, 13 Feb. 1999.
The White House was aghast: David Kendall, interview by author.
“I felt we did not have”: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author.
In one of the greatest missteps: As a formal matter, the Feinstein motion was defeated immediately after the vote on the articles of impeachment, with Senator Gramm of Texas blocking the effort by the California senator to suspend the rules in order to vote on the censure resolution (Senate video, 12 Feb. 1999).
On the Republican side of the aisle: Robert Dove, interview by author.
Senator Phil Gramm personally: Trent Lott, interview by author.
White House political adviser: Doug Sosnik, interview by author.
At 9:30 A.M.: Senate video, 12 Feb. 1999; Congressional Record, 12 Feb. 1999; “The Impeachment Trial, Feb. 12: Final Votes,” washingtonpost.com, 12 Feb. 1999.
“Expectancy and disappointment”: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author.
“we’re in the Senate again”: Robert Dove, interview by author.
Senator Tom Daschle wandered: Tom Daschle, interview by author.
To the managers’ surprise: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author; Schippers, Sellout, 281–82.
Chapter 50: Clinton’s Contempt
“hurt and concerned”: Trent Lott, inter view by author.
“I think Henry Hyde is the one”: Tom Daschle, interview by author.
“Every one of the managers”: Henry J. Hyde, interview by author.
“It was damning evidence”: David Schippers, comments during author’s interview with Henry J. Hyde.
“Probably, all things considered”: Stephen Bates, interview by author.
“The only thing I remember”: Bill Clinton, interview by author.
He had been heartened when he learned: Bill Clinton, interview by author. The six-foot principal, Sister Mary Victor Powers, taught at Word of God Catholic School in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, and communicated those sentiments to the author, who thereafter discussed them with President Clinton.
Within weeks of the impeachment trial’s: Trent Lott, interview by author.
Bill Clinton behaved with equal civility: Bill Clinton, interview by author.
“You must never”: Paul Begala, interview by author.
Precisely two months after the Senate voted: Roberto Suro and Joan Biskupic, “Judge Finds Clinton in Contempt of Court,” Washington Post, 13 Apr. 1999, A1.
NATO-led air campaign: “NATO: Reports Indicate Stepped Up ‘Ethnic Cleansing’; Refugees Say Thousands More Kosovars Murdered,” CNN.com, 17 Apr.