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Flipping channels around dinnertime last night, I came across Larry King's interview with West Virginia Democrat Senator Robert Byrd. Along with Pat Moynihan of New York, also a Democrat, Byrd is the senior Senate Democrat and a Constitutional historian. As Richard Stallman is to the Open Source world, Byrd is to the Constitution. A purist, a visionary, a zealot. Previously silent, he's just the right guy to talk right now, as the Senate looks for its exit strategy from the impeachment process.

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Last night Byrd said something new and stunning. He has no doubt that Clinton did what he was accused of, and that in his opionion the accused acts are sufficient for removal. How will the White House respond? They can't point the partisan finger at him, he's a Democrat, of the same party as the President, and the legislative authority on the Constitution, at a time when all the power is with the legislature. Today's events will be very interesting to watch. Will the Democrats close ranks behind Byrd? Does he offer a compromise with the Republicans? What does Moynihan say?