“Back when he was among the Republican leaders hot on the scent of Bill Clinton’s adultery, Orrin Hatch, the Utah Senator and writer of gospel music, said Clinton’s only way out was a public confession. The President should apologize and ask forgiveness — from Congress, and from the American people. Only by coming clean in detail could he be fit to stay in office, Hatch said.

Fast-forward a few years, and what do we have? Senator Hatch goes before the National Press Club and, as paraphrased by The Salt Lake Tribune, says ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger should not be judged on past improper advances towards women but as the devoted husband he is today.’ (Gee, why didn’t Clinton think of this brilliant ‘devoted husband I am today’ defense?) Moreover, Hatch already feels strongly enough that Schwarzenegger is of United States presidential caliber that he cites him as an argument for amending the Constitution, so that foreign-born American citizens can run for the Oval Office.” —Matt Bivens, The Nation