(CNN) Tim Kaine on Wednesday responded to 14-year-old comments he made that President Bill Clinton should have resigned in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"Twenty years ago, I was disappointed like a lot of folks were, but I tell ya, there is no reason to re-litigate problems of 20 years ago when Americans want to talk about is what do we do today and tomorrow," he said, adding that voters on the campaign trail care more about the economy and foreign affairs than "past controversies."

"They want to know what we are going to do tomorrow," Kaine said.

During an unrelated 2002 sex scandal in the Virginia House of Delegates, Kaine had told the Richmond Times Dispatch: "If the allegations are true, he should definitely resign."

The Dispatch reported at the time that Kaine added "he held the same view about President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal."

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