Arlen Specter: “It is my legal judgment, having some experience in the field, having been district attorney for Philadelphia for 8…”

“It is my legal judgment, having some experience in the field, having been district attorney for Philadelphia for 8 years, and having served on the Judiciary Committee for many years, that we have long since passed that point. It is not a partisan issue. It is not just Republican Senators who are saying that. The same call has come on the other side of the aisle from Democrats. You have ranking officials who have been involved in fundraising in religious institutions which raise violations of Federal law in a fairly clear-cut manner. You have, again, ranking officials who have engaged in campaign practices. Dick Morris was cited by the President himself as having identified the commercials. We know the President is bound not to accept additional money when there is Federal financing, which there was. And millions of dollars were raised, again, on both sides.”