Senator Byrd of West Virginia said publicly that the case was proven then voted to save Mr. Clintons sorry hide. The Senate has confirmed that the law is secondary to the poll numbers. It is the highest iorny that the Democrats turned to poll numbers to justify their miserable sell out of the law. Not so long ago they sought to overturn many State Propositions that not only passed but had high poll numbers in support because it didnt conform to their ideology. The Senate has really started down a slippery slope that many will live to regret.
Polls can be a two edged sword.
This short sighted view can lead to an odd f orm of mob rule that the Consitution was designed to protect against. History shows that popular opinion is not always the right or moral choice. Recent events have proven the Founders correct in assuming that the public would chose the path of least resist ance. Many would chose security over freedom. The Senators who saved Clinton now stand Among the great Americans of our time like Larry Flynt and James Carvell .