"Every word I had with the president was about the legal merits," he said.

To this day, people still argue about the merits of the two players.

That's probably a negative, because there is very little debate about the merits of issues.

From there, he went on to talk about the merits of air travel and E-mail.

There was a discussion about the merits of Rivers's car.

The discussion is not about the merits of the particular subject.

And I want to talk to you quickly about the merits of marginal rate cuts.

But I'm not here to argue about the merits of global warming.

Despite these efforts, he said, governors are split about the merits of the Clinton plan.