GOP Senator Decries Focus on Starr

A Republican senator said the Monica S. Lewinsky investigation should have been handled by someone other than independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr because too many Americans “think he’s out to get the president.” A Democratic senator said Starr’s ethics should be investigated in Congress. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” said: “Many people think he’s out to get the president, and you have this adverse public reaction to Starr.” Specter emphasized that he was not faulting Starr’s investigation, even though he said Starr went “right up to the line.” Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), also appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” said: “This is a case where the Senate Judiciary Committee should step in with an oversight hearing to see if Mr. Starr is guilty of any breaches of ethics.”