In fact, when he came to Washington he said he wasn't going to live in a bubble. He does have an ability to project very well and connect with people. It's given him high approval ratings, it's gotten him re-elected. History is very kind. Every president I've known, or covered, I should say, the image gets a lot softer as time goes by.
Time is the great healer.
And we look at things with a little more tolerance. I think that if Clinton's legacy is written by professional historians - I think that he will come out of this far better than the popular historians of this age. This is one of the most uncommon eras in American history from the standpoint of the well-being of the American people. At the end of the day, you have to say that the man in the White House had something to do with it, he may not have created it, but he certainly had something to do with it. I think that particular judgment and the weight of history, should outweigh any minor scandal, and this was a minor scandal.