US History 1973 - 2014 Commonplace Book: Lecture 21, Tabloid Nation II: Monica (Con't)

Clinton hadn't performed the groveling mea culpa the pundits demanded. We wanted Clinton on his knees to justify seven months of pursuit.

—Dana Milbank, Washington Post reporter, on Clinton's August 17, 1998 public statement

Introduction to (and explanation of) this quote series can be found here.  Read this tag to see all of them.