Keep in mind that both Nixon and Carter sought redemption through playing the elder statesman in foreign policy. if Clinton wishes to duplicate that, he has to start now. Censure is dead. Yep, censure is dead. Even censure's advocates like Snow and Feingold have conceded it's dead. Ironically, the Republicans could've had censure in the House if they'd wanted it or censure with the President's signature on it before the start of the Senate trial.
Censure is meaningless anyway and probably unconstitutional.
It means the state has failed to meet its burden, etc., etc., etc. Specter's always been sort of a Republican version of a maverick. I doubt if people are as surprised by his position as they are by Warner or Thompson. It was great until he took that question. His response was another example that he considers himself a victim.