President Clinton's campaign of contrition began in his ill-received Aug. 17 expression of regret.
When Nelly tho’ he teiz’d her,
And Grabbled her and Squeez’d her,
Cry’d, stay a little, I vow and swear I could kill ye,
Another touch I can bear ye,
[…]while in all those, not very rare cases, which are necessarily and essentially fatal from the onset, he [the physician] will quickly reject all Don Quixotic and enthusiastic attempts at cure, and limit his endeavors to the palliation of present suffering.
It was a bit too upbeatly patriotic and didn't ring true; a more honest and convincing song — for the Shangri-Las at least — would have had the soldier die in action.
