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From The Capital Times, 3/7/07:
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=121907

McGovern: Cheney must go

Says Libby's conviction points to vice president's involvement in CIA
leak

By John Nichols

George McGovern has a word for Vice President Dick Cheney: "Resign."

Responding to Tuesday's conviction of Cheney's former chief-of-staff,
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of obstruction of justice,
perjury and lying to the FBI - after a trial that revealed Cheney's
intimate involvement with a scheme to discredit a critic of the
administration's war policies - the former congressman, senator and
presidential candidate said it was time for the vice president to go.

"What we have learned about how he has conducted himself leaves no
doubt that he should be out of office," McGovern says of Cheney.

"If he had any respect for the Constitution or the country, he would
resign."

And if Cheney does not take the liberal Democrat's counsel?

"There is no question in my mind that Cheney has committed impeachable
offenses. So has George Bush," argues McGovern.

"Bush is much more impeachable than Richard Nixon was. That's been
clear for some time. There does not seem to be much sentiment for
impeachment in Congress now, but around the country people are fed up
with this administration."

At age 84, McGovern has attained the elder statesman status that is
afforded politicians who held or sought the presidency.

He enjoys the respect of fellow Democrats and more than a few
Republicans for being, like former Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, a
straight-talking man of deep commitment who may have lost one
presidential election but won the battle for a place of honor in the
nation's history texts.

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Harry