Reply #41: See your point, but I don't read this as "admonishment": [View All]

[pinto]

"Clearly, I chose to pursue censure rather than
impeachment, certainly at this point, because I believe at this point
it's a way to help us positively resolve this issue.

I think this actually is in the area of an impeachable offense.
I think it is right in the strike zone of what the founding fathers

But the Constitution does not require us to go down that road,
and I hope that in a sense I'm a voice of moderation on this point,
where I'm saying it may not be good for the country to do this, it may
not be good for the country in a time of war to try to remove the
president from office, even though he's surely done something wrong.

But what we can't do is just ignore the wrongful conduct. So
this is a reasonable road."

Sen. Feingold seems to be stating his own personal point of view, as a Senator,
on bringing the Censure motion to the floor. I'm willing to cut him some slack here.