Three more investigative bodies are looking into aspects of the Lewinsky case. And even that is not necessarily the end. If Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel, believes anyone lied during the Senate trial, he could seek more indictments. All this from what began nearly five years ago as an inquiry into Mr. Clinton's involvement in a real estate deal in 1978 when he was Governor of Arkansas.
Polls show that a majority of voters want censure and a quick end to the proceedings.
More than 60 percent of voters in most recent polls oppose removing the President from office. Most of all, they are tired of the Lewinsky issue and want Congress to move on. The likeliest outcome of the unpredictable Senate trial is still that the President will not be forced from office, but will face some form of censure. Mr. Starr and his staff are watching the trial closely. Although indictment of Mr. Clinton has been considered unlikely until after he leaves office, one of Mr. Starr's legal advisers, the law professor Ronald Rotunda, believes that nothing in the constitution bars the indictment of a sitting President.