Twenty years ago, five Democratic members of Congress voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, a member of their own party. “It really was that simple.”Paul McHale, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, also voted to impeach Clinton. Of the five Democrats who ultimately voted to impeach Clinton, three eventually became Republican (including Taylor) and McHale worked in the George W. Bush administration. The people who broke from their party had constituencies that were atypical from the rest of their party — one Democrat who voted to impeach Clinton, Ralph Hall, represented rural Texas, for example. Both Taylor and McHale said they cast their vote to impeach Clinton with future generations, future presidents in mind.

Source: Washington Post May 29, 2019 14:20 UTC