It's not even a question of lying about sex. The matter before the House is a question of lying under oath. This is a public act, not a private act. The Democrats tried to obliterate the distinction. For something the impeachment is not officially about, sex has shown an amazing ability to reenter the conversation.
Sex is the weed that no one can eradicate.
Clinton was the big target, and they were collateral damage. Watching the events from central Virginia, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, took sharp aim at both Clinton and Livingston. He said Livingston should have confessed to the adultery before he accepted the job as speaker. If it takes intrusive media attention to create that environment, more power to the media, he said. Hugh Hefner, meanwhile, had a different view.