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In August, the situation took a dramatic turn. No responsible President, Republican or Democrat, could have allowed that defense bill to become law. In the summer of 1996, Monica Lewinsky had begun talking to a co-worker, Linda Tripp, about her relationship with me. I was grateful that he had accepted me into the fold twenty years earlier, when I was scruffy, penniless, and, worst of all, a Democrat.

I knew how much her children, John and Caroline, and her companion, Maurice Tempelsman, would miss her. I could do everything but put on my socks. Whenever we had relatives or friends staying with us, we always gravitated to the solarium, to talk, watch TV, and play cards or board games. ; he said the House had done that for them and the Senate should be bound by their opinion, despite the fa