back in 1987, the press was all over heart once the donna rice story broken and here was the classic exchange in a new hampshire news conference. >> i do not have to answer that question. chris: no denial there. two days later he quit the race. bill clintons always denied. he used anger. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman miss lewinsky. i never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. these allegations are false and i need to go back to work for the american people. thank you. chris: senator larry craig was stuck with his police tape this one, but still carried on his denial. >> you really think it's your feet? >> i don't know. i don't know at the time. i'm a fairly wide guy. >> let me be clear. i am not gay. i never have been gay. chris: and finally there is john edwards. here was his denial after "the national enquirer" revealed his affair. he thinks he can get by with a denial. >> it's completely untrue and ridiculous. i have been in love with the same woman for 30-plus years as anybody who has been around uslá >> this twitter picture in question is a hack or

opportunity to be not like gary hart, whom you'll require was a grim fleeting presence after the donna rice affair. so there is an opportunity. and one thing we know is hillary clinton is not going to break character. she's shown that. she is going to play the good wife all the way through. >> we're going to find out what kind of difference that makes. just four years ago 1988 the democratic front runner gary hart collapsed in a sex scandal. his wife was not very publicly supportive of him. you see hillary clinton trying to hold this together. >> right. last noigt on that special edition of "60 minutes", monster audience right after the super bowl. i happened to be at steve kroft's house for a super bowl party, we watched the interview. afterward i was talking to donahue et the founder of "60 minutes" on the phone, huet said this might help bill clinton. it's a huge amount of national exposure. he's not exactly getting off on the right foot with lot of people who don't know him. it might enhance people thinking he responds well