Bill Clinton actually said...

I deeply regret that illness has forced Shirley Chisholm to ask that her nomination to be our country's Ambassador to Jamaica be withdrawn.

As the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, she would have been a powerful voice for cooperation and justice.

I want to reiterate that the thing that has impressed me is that more and more Members are trying to look beyond the politics of this issue ...

I think the obvious import of what's happened in the last few days is that we're moving in the right direction.