I should probably lay off Instapundit, but keerist, why the hell did he quote this?

And we on the right, who have driven the anti-Lott sentiment, can at least brag about this. The left was willing to go to any length to keep a president in office who had committed felonies. We conservatives, though, have much higher standards for our leaders. We are eager to dispense with a mere congressional leader for a careless and tone-deaf opinion.

Aside from the complete horsepucky of calling falling into a perjury trap "committing felonies", it is absolutely indisputable now that Lott had been saying these things for decades, and he's been given a free ride this entire time. Don't try to regain the moral high ground here. It's too bloody late. Accept, release, move on.