Well said, Bill D.

Re the argument that the Dems did not find Clinton's behavior "obectionable," that brings up an all-too-common specious argument in political discourse:

"We should not legalize (decriminalize) prostitution (or marijuana, or whatever) because that sends the message that it's OK. Letting something be legal amounts to endorsing it."

Horsefeathers!

Each of us could probably rattle off a whole slew of behaviors that most people find offensive, maybe even immoral, but which society has not seen fit (at least in the last few decades) to turn into misdemeanors, much less felonies. They include most varieties of sexual promiscuity (if not money is formally exchanged), adultery, gluttony, sloth, lying (including tabloid 'news' media smearing celebrities with distorted or fabricated stories), obnoxious drunkenness at private parties, bad parenting (if no physical or sexual abuse is involved), etc.   I daresay there's far, far from a one-to-one correspondence between what's "illegal" in most communities and what's generally viewed as "undesirable" or "offensive" behavior.

Our representatives in government, including the Republican party and many of our churches, should thank their stars that we don't make promiscuity, adultery, wastefulness, boorishness, and (private) drunkenness criminally prosecutable.