An Inclusive Litany

4/12/96

The Toronto Globe & Mail, February 2, 1996:
The timing of the book is exquisite. It's not every author who must interrupt a book tour in order to testify before a grand jury; it's not every witness who is asked by a grand juror to autograph her book. Clinton has forced into the open the kind of issues—ideals and ethics—that will be at the heart of the presidential campaign that has just begun.

And just as Clinton is calling on Americans to rethink their priorities, she's getting her own lesson in what's uppermost in the public's mind. A television interviewer grilled her recently on the scandals plaguing her presidency. Then, he concluded, "let's talk about those disadvantaged children for a couple of seconds."