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...PACKWOOD CHANGES HIS MIND...
...Packwood says he is consumed more by his Senate work than by the deliberations of the Ethics Committee. "What choice do I have?" As Finance chairman, he spends his days preparing for the pivotal role he will play in the forthcoming debates over Medicare and welfare reform. During his spare time in his Senate office, he leafs through a worn hardcover copy of the play A Man for All Seasons. His favorite part? Sir Thomas More cautioning his son-in-law to follow the law rather than his own moral certitude. The lesson, Packwood says, is "be wary of people...
...first time in a just-published Vanity Fair article saying she had an affair with Gingrich while he was married to his first wife. In the current climate, that's all it takes to open the door to the kind of microscopic scrutiny politicians from Gary Hart to Bob Packwood have endured. At first Gingrich quipped Gipperlike that he couldn't hear the questions, then he refused to respond to anything in the article (although he gave its author, Gail Sheehy, a long interview); finally, he resorted to calling a reporter "obnoxious." The next morning, in a radio interview...
...PACKWOOD: MINOR DETAILS...
...sexual-misconduct case against Senate Finance Committee chairman Bob Packwood became even graver when reports surfaced that one of two recent complaints accused him of kissing a minor in 1983, a 17-year-old who worked in his office. Packwood said he took "strong exception" to the new accusation...