On "Hardball" Chris Matthews talks with The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza about disgraced Republican Senator Larry Craig's arrest, his denials tha
August 27, 2007

hardball-craig-naughty.jpg On "Hardball" Chris Matthews talks with The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza about disgraced Republican Senator Larry Craig's arrest, his denials that he is gay and his political future. What kind of political future can he expect if he's already known as the Bathroom Scandal Senator? Matthews introduces a Meet The Press clip from January 24, 1999 in which the stall-peeping Republican gives a finger-wagging scolding to then-President Clinton:

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Craig: Well, I don't know where the Senate's going to be on that issue of an up or down vote on impeachment, but I will tell you that the Senate certainly can bring about a censure resolution and it's a slap on the wrist. It's a, bad boy, Bill Clinton. You're a naughty boy. The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy.

I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.

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