i think actually if you go back to nixon, what did the president know and when did he know it. i think in this case it is may k michael gerhardt who testified. that was the whole question back then. it wasn t a factual question did he have an affair? he misled the country about it. but once he fessed up, it was clear he had an affair and it was claerly wrong. is this worthy of impeachment? i think overwhelmingly the country, 70% of the country said no. it was bad personal conduct. it has nothin to do with the oval office. today the president s defenders don t have that option. right? they can t say, gee, laninge i a foreign leader is just the president s personal life. and maybe that s why they are in