As the impeachment debate moves to the full House, that argument resumes.

I don't know whether he decided to bomb Iraq in order to divert us from the forthcoming impeachment debate.

An openly skeptical Republican leadership postponed the impeachment debate when the bombing started.

At the time I thought it was a distraction from the impeachment debate.

But the impeachment debate was such a deeply divisive issue that its memory is still fresh in the minds of most politically active people.

Democrats made a strong case against starting the impeachment debate while American forces are attacking Iraq.

Democrats were intent on extending the impeachment debate beyond a single day.

When the impeachment debate began on Friday, Republicans again dared to hope that surely the worst was over.

Democrats blame Republicans for beginning the impeachment debate just after Clinton began the bombing.

The impeachment debate begins in the lower house on Wednesday.