Congressional committees used to have to build a substantial case of presidential involvement in wrongdoing before they could get much leverage on the White House. With Ken Starr's legacy, congressional committees will have a strong club with which to beat the president.

Rulings against the president like these are catnip to congressional investigators. Their claws will be out to play with a weakened presidential mouse.

He made it appear that the re-election of this person was particularly helpful for the nation's anti-cancer effort.