was revenge for Nixon.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/21/108614/-

He was the "What did the President know and when did he know it?" guy.

I sat behind him and Bob Michel (I think it was him) at a Knick's basketball game in 1997. I spent the whole game staring at the back of Baker's head thinking to myself, "Is it him? Is it him? Is it him?"

They both finally turned around and I got embarrassed. I'm pretty sure it was Michel because I had watched the House and Senate at C-SPAN non stop when he was minority leader. Not positive though although I am positive it was Baker.

Edit to add: I always regretted not holding out my hand to shake while saying, "Nice to meet you. I'm a Democrat."

In 1974 she was a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal.[65] Under the guidance of Chief Counsel John Doar and senior member Bernard W. Nussbaum,[46] Rodham helped research procedures of impeachment and the historical grounds and standards for impeachment.[65] The committee's work culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974.[65]

Rodino had only been Judiciary Chairman for a few months when his committee began to hear the case for Nixon's impeachment. Until the Watergate scandal, Rodino had spent his political career largely below the radar screen. Watergate put Rodino front and center in the political limelight. "If fate had been looking for one of the powerhouses of Congress, it wouldn't have picked me," Mr. Rodino told a reporter at the time.[35]

After Nixon fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in what has been called the Saturday Night Massacre, Rodino began his committee's investigation. The committee spent eight months gathering evidence – "mostly behind closed doors but with frequent news leaks" – and pushed Nixon to comply with a subpoena for conversations taped in the Oval Office.[2]

As the Judiciary Committee prepared to vote on articles of impeachment, Rodino said: "We have deliberated. We have been patient. We have been fair. Now the American people, the House of Representatives and the Constitution and the whole history of our republic demand that we make up our minds." The committee, with six Republicans joining the Democratic majority, passed three of the five article of impeachment.[35]