We knew, yes, what he meant. Marriage vows include promises of sexual fidelity. I broke mine. Even if Ken Starr had never found out, even if no one had ever found out, it was a bad thing to do. Hydraulic lines, Soviet 10-year plans, bills in Congress.
Eleventh graders fail calculus.
First, by a desire to protect myself from the embarrassment of my own conduct. But here the lawyers and FOBs go again. I deeply regret that. Well, in August 1997, a doctor told me that a drug company was about to receive FDA approval for an impotency remedy. I deeply regret that.