ALEX WITT, MSNBC HOST: If Hillary Clinton decides to run, do you think it will all be -- at all be, I should say, a referendum on her and her alone, or her husband and as some might say, is Senator Paul pushing for that?



REP. DAVID CICILLINE (D-RI): Well, I think there's no question that Hillary Clinton, if she decides to run for president, will be judged on her performance, on her record, on her experience. I think these recent attempts to talk about President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky are an effort to discredit Secretary Clinton.



There will be voters in the presidential election in 2016 who weren't even born during the Monica Lewinsky matter. So, I think, look, voters are tired of that. They're going to look at her record, what she's done, her vision for our country, how she can move America forward and I think they will spend no time talking about President Clinton's record 17 years ago.



WITT: Yeah, I gotta tell you, I'm sorry we even had to even mention that young lady's name. It is what it is. (MSNBC, February 16, 2014)