"Nobody died when Bill Clinton lied."

MR. RUSSERT: Dwight Eisenhower had this to say: "The greatest asset any occupant of the White House has is the trust of the American people and total credibility. If the president loses this, he has lost his greatest strength." Roger Simon, as Gwen mentioned, the documents were released on terms of the president's National Guard service. He also agreed to sit with the chairman and co-chairman of the 9/11 Commission...which was a change.

How much of an issue is this credibility, as Time magazine called "a potential gap," going to play in the 2004 race?

MR. SIMON: I think it's going to be huge. We've had presidents who have lied to the American people. Our last president lied on a number of occasions to the American people, but nobody died when Bill Clinton lied.

If, as these polls reflect, a majority of the American people think the president either lied or exaggerated about the weapons of mass destruction and sent young men and women off to war to fight and to die based on those lies and exaggerations, they're likely to be a little unforgiving, I think, in November.