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■ President Clinton, to ABC interviewer on impeachment legacy: “They will say I made a bad personal mistake, I paid a serious price for it, but that I was right to stand and fight for my country and my Constitution and its principles. . . .” Clinton, on whether he would like to serve another term: “I love the job and I would continue to do it if I could. … I would not willingly give up any day of the opportunity to serve as president.”. . . Clinton says governors shouldn’t decide how to spend federal education funding “because it’s not their money. If they don’t want the money, they don’t have to take it. If they’re offended by it, they can give it to other states and other school districts.” . . . Washington Times’s John McCaslin quotes Clinton at private fundraiser: “Now, you know, I once had a lifetime membership in the NRA. I’ve even got my jacket there. I’m sure they revoked it somewhere now.” McCaslin then quotes NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Jr.: “He never had a lifetime membership, he never had a jacket. He made it up.”

■ George W. Bush signs up for four debates over next two months. . . . Bush calls for federal government to write two-year budgets, also praises GOP Congress for giving governors flexibility in education spending…. In 3/99 e-mail memo on FALN clemency, White House aide Jeffrey Farrow wrote, “The VP’s Puerto Rican position would be helped.” . . . Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, on strategy: “I’m pushing to win Iowa, do very, very well in New Hampshire, make [former Sen. Bill Bradley] defend his base in the East and force Bradley to come South, where we take him on and beat him.” … Bradley to CBS’s Bryant Gumbel, on whether he’d be Gore’s VP: “No” … Bradley throws star-studded Madison Square Garden hoops fundraiser. Campaign Study Group analysis shows, prior to MSG event, George W. Bush had raised nearly twice as much from sports donors as Bradley. . . . Bradley reaches $1 million in online fundraising receipts. . . . Sen. John McCain’s campaign receives over $500,000 through Web. . . . Federal Election Commission decides websites created by independent supporters of candidates will be considered volunteer activity, not campaign contributions.

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■ President Clinton, to ABC interviewer on impeachment legacy: “They will say I made a bad personal mistake, I paid a serious price for it, but that I was right to stand and fight for my country and my Constitution and its principles. . . .” Clinton, on whether he would like to serve another term: “I love the job and I would continue to do it if I could. … I would not willingly give up any day of the opportunity to serve as president.”. . . Clinton says governors shouldn’t decide how to spend federal education funding “because it’s not their money. If they don’t want the money, they don’t have to take it. If they’re offended by it, they can give it to other states and other school districts.” . . . Washington Times’s John McCaslin quotes Clinton at private fundraiser: “Now, you know, I once had a lifetime membership in the NRA. I’ve even got my jacket there. I’m sure they revoked it somewhere now.” McCaslin then quotes NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Jr.: “He never had a lifetime membership, he never had a jacket. He made it up.”

■ George W. Bush signs up for four debates over next two months. . . . Bush calls for federal government to write two-year budgets, also praises GOP Congress for giving governors flexibility in education spending…. In 3/99 e-mail memo on FALN clemency, White House aide Jeffrey Farrow wrote, “The VP’s Puerto Rican position would be helped.” . . . Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, on strategy: “I’m pushing to win Iowa, do very, very well in New Hampshire, make [former Sen. Bill Bradley] defend his base in the East and force Bradley to come South, where we take him on and beat him.” … Bradley to CBS’s Bryant Gumbel, on whether he’d be Gore’s VP: “No” … Bradley throws star-studded Madison Square Garden hoops fundraiser. Campaign Study Group analysis shows, prior to MSG event, George W. Bush had raised nearly twice as much from sports donors as Bradley. . . . Bradley reaches $1 million in online fundraising receipts. . . . Sen. John McCain’s campaign receives over $500,000 through Web. . . . Federal Election Commission decides websites created by independent supporters of candidates will be considered volunteer activity, not campaign contributions.