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On Eve of Clinton Impeachment Vote, John Edwards Spoke Brilliantly, Compellingly
29-Feb-04
John Edwards
Newsday reports: "The night before the Senate impeachment vote, John Edwards condemned Bill Clinton for showing 'remarkable disrespect' for 'the moral dimensions of leadership.' Then, he pivoted, sifted through the evidence, and drove holes in the case. Edwards, in office for just a month, threw out the speech his aides wrote and crafted his own on a legal pad as he waited in the back of the chamber full of senators for the rare, closed-door session.' Edwards' frank, powerful statement 'were as audacious as they were telling about why Edwards remains the final serious candidate blocking John Kerry's sprint to the Democratic nomination. That evening, Edwards addressed Senate titans of both parties, some prickly, many with decades of seniority; any one of them could have judged him impertinent, or simply dismissed him. Instead, he was widely praised...Said Sen. Patrick Leahy, 'He held their attention, both those for and against impeachment. He was brilliant.'"


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