Wasn't it a perjury trap?
What underlying crime was Ken Starr questioning Clinton about when he lied?
Didn't the perjury take place in his deposition submitted in the Paula Jones case, long before Starr ever questioned him? I believe it did.
Your post kind of proves Old Sarge's point that the media shills revise history to suit their needs. The article may as well have stated that Clinton was impeached "after the OKC bombing" or "after the Branch Davidians perished in Waco" since each of those events have about as much bearing on the actual reason for impeachment as his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Like it or not, Clinton perjured himself. That's his own fault, not the fault of Ken Starr or Republicans in Congress. If he'd just answered truthfully (a concept that seems to be lost on politicians across the board)or just taken the Fifth when questioned about his relationship with "that woman, Ms. Lewinsky," he'd have had suffered some temporary embarrassment but not much else. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a calculated attempt to force Republicans to have to deal with impeachment, which the GOP base would demand but was bound to be politically unpopular.