Bill Clinton: “Yes, I think they are. I did get a lot of criticism, and I probably deserved some of it, because I didn't mean to be…”

“Yes, I think they are. I did get a lot of criticism, and I probably deserved some of it, because I didn't mean to be making an ethnic slur. Though what I pointed out is, when people have deeply ingrained habits, you know, even if they're bad habits, they're hard to let go of, because you're sort of leaping out into the unknown, and it's a little frightening. And so maybe I should have used a different analogy, but I think that point, the general point, is quite valid. And they're in the Government now, and they're in there together, which means they're all saying, ``Okay we let go a little.'' They let go of something to come together. And I think that is, to me, an enormously positive sign. And so I think that, if the analogy was good at one time, it's less good today than it was, just because they've stood up a government together. Legacy of Peace Initiatives Mr. Little. Mr. President, you've been leader of the free world, some would say, in very turbulent times. And you have confronted issues of vital importance to America's national interest. When they write the history books, where does Northern Ireland figure in your legacy?”