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Back in the fall of 1972, impeachment was a word uttered reticently, if at all, in connection with Watergate, and Senior Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil heard it only "occasionally from a Democratic Congressman here and there." Yet MacNeil, a veteran of 24 years on the Hill, soon became convinced that there was a most serious scandal afoot in the White House and that the House would ultimately look to its impeachment processes. Early last summer House Majority Leader "Tip" O'Neill, impressed with John Dean's testimony, alerted Peter Rodino to get ready for impeachment. MacNeil was privy...
...MacNeil, whose library includes more than 70 books on impeachment, had often wondered whether the procedure laid down by the founding fathers was still viable after a long period of disuse...
...MacNeil's credit, four weeks ago he predicted accurately that from 25 to 29 Congressmen on the committee would vote for impeachment. Similarly, Correspondent David Beckwith, our Washington bureau's lawyer-in-residence who covers the Supreme Court, reported for our July 22 cover story that the court would probably try to rule unanimously-despite its division on some of the issues -in the case of the President's tapes, an assessment that last week proved right on the mark. Beckwith customarily interviews scholars, fellow lawyers and "anyone else with good information about the court...
...Eventually, I will make a decision on impeachment, and when I do, I'll go all out," Rhodes last week told TIME Correspondent Neil MacNeil. Since Rhodes had earlier told MacNeil that he would withdraw from any active leadership role if he decided to vote for impeachment, he was in effect admitting that he intends to fight for Nixon...
...greater significance than the parliamentary situation is the political impact of such a drawn-out process. TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil detects a subtle shift in the mood of the House Republican leadership. It apparently stems from a vague feeling that Nixon may have "bottomed out" after widespread criticism of his released transcripts, is now recovering, and might yet survive. One sign of the change was Republican Leader John Rhodes' complaint that the Judiciary Committee ought to stop chasing tapes and call witnesses to pin down any uncertainties in the evidence it already holds. Earlier Rhodes had been among...