"I did not have sexual relations with that woman ..." Is this the most famous denial in modern history? President Bill Clinton's failure to confess to his sexual liaison with White House intern Monica Lewinsky is, even now, squirm-worthy to watch if you conjure it up from the depths of YouTube.
Clinton had - and still has - a capacity to elicit sympathy from an observer, so that you can't help feeling despite yourself that this warm and friendly Southerner was only doing what any of us would have done in the same situation. And seeing him wriggle like a worm on the end of a hook makes you wonder just for a moment perhaps: What if it were me? After all, we have all done things of which we are ashamed, even if it didn't involve pawing young interns in the Oval Office. If I were asked about my secrets in front of a thousand hungry journalists with snapping cameras and sharpened pencils, I would probably (if I am honest) deny all too. Wouldn't you?
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