THERE WAS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT returning to the chambers of the Senate Judiciary Committee for another livid lesson in how America really lives. For the second time in less than two years, this time in the wake of a convulsive election, the American people took their leaders by surprise, sat them down, chewed them out, and then wearily explained in one-syllable words what voters feel they should be able to demand of the people with the privilege of borrowed power.
It turned out that Bill Clinton had something to learn. For the first half of the week, as the new President...
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