[My2Cents]

I think you're right, and I'll add that probably the LAST thing Clinton wants is a congressional or an independent investigation into Bush's "16 words," because such an investigation will inevitably lead to Clinton's previous comments about Iraq's nuclear program (which, BTW, Mark Levin has an excellent article on over at National Review Online).

[Wallaby]

>...probably the LAST thing Clinton wants is a congressional or an independent investigation into Bush's "16 words," because such an investigation will inevitably lead to Clinton's previous comments about Iraq's nuclear program

Here, you are going in the direction that Rush was going in his show today, and away from my position. Clinton's 1998 speech leaves him vulnerable only if subsequent investigation shows that he and Bush were both wrong about the extent of Saddam's capabilities. I think Clinton is no less convinced than ever that Bush will eventually be vindicated on the issue of Iraq's threat to us. (Clinton even argued, in an interview with David Letterman before the invasion of Iraq, that our attack risked a biological counterattack on our cities). Should the evidence of Saddam's weapons be disclosed, it will be Clinton himself who will be pointing back to that 1998 speech to show how prescient he was.