Or, to put the point more broadly, the chief lesson that emerged from the impeachment drama was the value of democratic accountability.

As the impeachment drama dissipated, though, and Congress and the press started to lay off, Clinton's approval rating dropped.

The lawsuit that led to the impeachment drama was filed by Ms. Jones in 1994.

As the impeachment proceedings play out in Washington, a Web site offers the spectacle of an earlier impeachment drama.

At least at first, the three witnesses would not appear in the chamber where the impeachment drama has now played out over 10 tense days.

The impeachment drama was at once vitriolic and easygoing.

There is in Washington at the moment a cavalier attitude toward the impeachment drama.

The managers fashioned the perjury article out of what some might view as the most trivial issues in the impeachment drama.

The problem is that the discontent was eclipsed by public anger about the impeachment drama.

Through the turmoil of the impeachment drama and right up to the present day, his job approval ratings have remained confoundingly high.