From our "Better Late Than Never" Department...

... July 20th's edition of CNN's Inside Politics brought us this little exchange in their segment called "Strategy Session":

Characters:
Dana Bash, host du jour.
Terry Holt, Republican strategist.
Jack Valenti, former aide to President Johnson.


Terry Holt: "...in the case of the biggest scandal in the last twenty years
in the White House, Bill Clinton actually did break the law, and we don't know
that that happened in this case."

Jack Valenti: "I think you carried it just a little bit too far
there..."

TH: "...obstruction of justice..."

JV: "Nonetheless, but the Senate looked at the information. They
looked at all the facts, and they decided that he did not break the law.
Otherwise, he would have been impeached."

Now, it's not surprising that Jack Valenti would claim that Bill Clinton was not impeached. He IS, after all, one of Clinton's sheep. The thing that is surprising (or SHOULD be surprising, anyway) is that neither Terry Holt nor Dana Bash challenged him. Does anyone at CNN know the difference between impeachment and removal from office?

For the record, Bill Clinton was impeached on two charges, one for perjury, one for obstruction of justice.