I think what he did was just dead wrong. At the same time, I know that none of us are all good or all bad. There are lots of things he has done as president that I'm proud to be a part of. Whatever the conflicting sentiments of those inside the White House bunker, they are, after all, staffers. They live by the code.
Loyalty is in their blood.
For each member of Bill Clinton's inner circle, this most personal of decisions involves a process not unlike the larger impeachment debate facing the country. Political factors must be weighed, competing emotions sorted out. Yes, Clinton's behavior was awful and indefensible. Yes, he lied to them and hung them out to dry. Yes, he was incredibly irresponsible to risk his presidency over a tawdry affair with a woman half his age.