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c) Chose aggressive, political strategy over contrition.
The statement is too self-absolving, deflecting blame away from Catholics: It should have expressed abject contrition.
The LAT reports that White House insiders want the President to publicly discuss the issue, this time clearly expressing "contrition" for his inappropriate activities with then-intern Lewinsky.
During the Iran-Contra affair, no comparable gestures of contrition were forthcoming from Republicans.
His contrition was so winning that one cartoonist suggested he could make big money as a spokesman for governments accused of human rights abuses.