The Wisdom Of Joe Lieberman: Then And Now

by: phillip anderson

Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 13:32:54 PM EST

In a significant break with his president, Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman took to the Senate floor Thursday to condemn President Bill Clinton's marital infidelity as immoral, disgraceful and damaging to the country.

Lieberman of Connecticut said he was angered and disappointed in Clinton's behavior, and what he called Clinton's "premeditated" deception.

Lieberman said Clinton "apparently had extramarital relations with an employee half his age and did so in the workplace in the vicinity of the Oval Office. Such behavior is not just inappropriate. It is immoral."

Now:

Sen. Joe Lieberman defended Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday, calling a New York Times story suggesting he favored a lobbyist's clients "outrageously unfair."

Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats but has endorsed McCain's presidential bid, made his remarks during a stop at a Middletown diner.

"There's no 'there' there," Lieberman said. "I'm so far pleased with the reaction from people because they see no case there. There's nothing new in that story."