And while their censure resolution may immunize them against the charge of moral indifference, it doesn't protect them from the charge of indifference to Clinton's apparent lawbreaking. Its language pointedly avoids accusing him of perjury or obstruction of justice. Republicans smell their opportunity. Pa. Rep. Jim Rogan, R., Calif., cited the same figure. Republican strategists will make Democrats carry that burden into the elections.
Pundits often say history is written by the winners.
They think this maxim shows how clever and cynical they are. Actually, it's half of a circular argument, and their failure to grasp this irony exposes their naivete. Thirty-five years ago, Barry Goldwater was a landslide loser. Today he's the father of the conservative movement. Winners, it turns out, are written by the historians.