Caught in History's Spotlight; 5 Senators Prepare to Shoulder a Most Unusual Burden

The Washington Post | January 14, 1999| | Copyright

The stalwart Democrat, on the eve of the rarest of senatorial moments:

Harkin of Iowa rises from a wing chair, makes for his desk. He's been asked: What have you been reading? He returns with an accordion folder and thumbs it. Let's see: Senate rules, selected studies, editorials. But not the Andrew Johnson trial record of 1868, nor William Rehnquist's book on impeachment. Tom Harkin's not delving quite that deep. He's not awed by this moment, nor much conflicted. The case, he says, is "counterfeit." It's a "sham." House zealots produced "a pile of dung." He has called it that on national TV, ...

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